The Crocheted Prayer Shawl Companion: 37 Patterns to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life [Paperback]

Janet Bristow (Author), Victoria A. Cole-Galo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 2010

The Prayer Shawl Ministry is an extraordinary group that has touched lives in extraordinary ways across the world for more than a decade. With their latest book, Janet Bristow and Victoria A. Cole-Galo continue to reach out to people of all faiths in sadness and celebration, this time with crocheted wraps, or prayer shawls. In their follow-up to the 2008 bestseller The Prayer Shawl Companion, the authors have once again brought together crafters, their inspiring tales, and comforting, thoughtful blessings. The Crocheted Prayer Shawl Companion features 37 beautifully designed prayer shawl patterns contributed by everyday crocheters and professional knitwear designers alike, including Nicky Epstein, Mary Beth Temple, and Doris Chan, among others. The instructions are easy to follow and the patterns represent a range of skill levels.

 

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

The authors are the founders of ShawlMinistry.com, and this book is similar to their previous one for knitters of prayer shawls. This spiritual book includes personal tales that reveal the very intimate reasons why each pattern is so important to the person who designed it. A prayer shawl is meant to be created as an item of comfort for both the creator and the recipient. The complexity of the patterns ranges from easy to intermediate, with some incorporating embellishments of ribbon or beads. These prayer shawls are larger than a scarf but smaller than an afghan, and are meant to be worn as a virtual hug from the person who crocheted the shawl. --Rebecca Gerber

About the Author

Janet Bristow and Victoria A. Cole-Galo are authors of the bestselling Prayer Shawl Companion and founders of the Prayer Shawl Ministry (www.shawlministry.com). They travel nationwide to conduct shawl ministry workshops. Both women are graduates of the Hartford Seminary’s Women’s Leadership Institute.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Taunton Press (September 7, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600852939
• ISBN-13: 978-1600852930
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 0.5 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #50 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Needlecrafts & Textile Crafts > Crocheting
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Crocheted Prayer Shawl Companion December 30, 2010

By gardenlady

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I am so pleased with this book of just crocheted patterns. I highly reccommend this book to anyone that loves to crochet. With the pattern sequence noted, each shawl can be expanded into an afghan or lap wheelchair afghan. I have made three shawls so far and will make many more. The instructions are easy to follow and the prayers and stories inspirational. I am a ministry of one at the moment but hope to start a group in our parish soon. The joy the gifts have produced makes this book a true blessing. Even if you don't pray while you crochet the joy is still there in the giving of these beautiful shawls.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars a crocheters must have September 7, 2010

By Amy Gulley

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This book is so interesting and beautiful. It has all the prayer that go along with the shawls. which is nice and a story about how it got started. And it tells you how to go about starting a prayer shawl ministry. It makes you feel wonderful and crochet for a purpose. It is a awesome book and everyone needs it I love it and can't say enough of about it. Its amazing and get it as fast as you can. I read it from cover to cover twice!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Patterns in ebook form! December 1, 2010

By Deana Watson

Format:Paperback

This is the first of the Prayer Shawl books that I've delved into and I really liked the concept from the beginning. I crochet and knit preemie hats and blankets for my hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit among other ministry items. I just simply haven't gotten to making shawls...until now.

This book is well laid out with excellent photos of the finished items interspersed with ideas on how to bless others with a shawl.

My favorite part of the patterns is that the yarns are easily found or substituted. Why is this my favorite? What a boring reason, right? Because I live in an area that is yarn challenged...to say the least. Most yarns in patterns that I like are simply not to be found locally, and by locally, I mean over an hour radius! Because the nature of yarn is to be touched, I have yet to order yarn online without already having touched it first. I've only ordered online because the store told me they'd not get any more or the website had a color that the store didn't carry.

My next favorite part of Prayer Shawl Companion is that the patterns are simple enough that my yarnie students could make any of these shawls and yet I can make the same shawl and not get bored by it. I've just simply added beads to mine and *POOF*, I have a fun project that also feeds my soul.

Now all I need is to find enough time to make each pattern for our church's Interfaith Hospitality Network. It's a network of area churches that take turns housing homeless families for a week. I love the thought that's gone into each pattern and it's symbolism is amazing also.

Thanks to Taunton Press for providing me this great eBook. I was a bit skeptical of an ebook version for crochet but I've enjoyed this version. My review is my own opinion and mine only.