Dear Carolyn: Even though I have a great job where I earn more than I need, I still love to give handmade gifts with the considerable skills I have. One gift I particularly enjoy giving is a crocheted ...

Last year Virginia Couillard of Little Chute met a woman who had benefited from one of her first handmade baby blankets. “I was really surprised how well it held up,” said Couillard, 96, noting the ...

Raw grief surfaces when Stacia Garmon talks about Dax, her baby who died the day after his birth in July 2023. She and husband Ken were given a donated blanket their son had with him at Seattle’s UW ...

Children interacting with the Duluth Police Department after a traumatic event will have a little more comfort in their lives, thanks to a donation of 50 blankets from a local organization. Project ...

Every Tuesday afternoon, there’s a faint and inviting sound of laughter coming from the Joslyn Community Center in Manhattan Beach. In a room at the end of a hallway, a dozen women sit chatting and ...

Martha “Grandma” Chan is a hard-core baseball fan with a soft spot in her heart for babies. “I’m a baseball nut,” the 90-year-old said. “Every time there’s a ballgame, that’s when I do my blankets.” ...

Treadle Yard Goods on St. Paul's Grand Avenue has collected donations of 200 or more hand-sewn baby blankets for shipment to Ukrainian refugees in Poland. The store scheduled six on-site sewing ...