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