Knitters & Crocheters

Meeting day: Mondays 9:30 a.m.- Noon

For those in need we knit hats and scarves that are distributed prior to the cold winter weather. This ministry also works with baptismal stoles and other similar projects.
 
Every Monday morning a group of women of Good Shepherd work together making scarves and hats.  About 30 women, both on Monday mornings or at home on their own, have made approximately 500 sets of hats and matching scarves each year since they began. The core group on Monday mornings has come from crafters of past Holiday Emporiums. Most of the materials are donated, either from scraps from others’ leftover projects, or from those never started.  We also receive monetary donations.

In 2021, over 600 sets of hats, scarves and mittens were included in holiday gift boxes for school children in Whitley City, Kentucky. The remaining 250 items were given to Holy Family Elementary School.

We will keep our support for this ministry as long as we can assist those in need of warm items for the winter, as well as baptismal cloths for the newest Good Shepherd members! Anyone can help with supplies of yarn, preferable acrylic or cotton, cotton material about 1¼ to 1½ yards long, and/or monetary donations to our Crafters fund, or one’s time in using his/her crafting skills.