Sacred Craft
First Saturdays 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Sacred Craft is a group for crafters to use their talents to support our community and our parish. We have ongoing projects for knitting/crocheting, prayer beads, and other various craft projects throughout the year.
Our meetings are for getting together for fellowship while we work on our own individual projects, learn new crafts, or work on group projects together. Most meetings we just get together, bring something to work on (or not), and enjoy a couple hours of good conversation.
We meet once a month, on the first Saturday at 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Light lunch is often provided at our meetings.
Everyone is welcome to come hang out, and either work on a project or not. Several of our members just sit and chat, and we love that! No craft skills are needed, and no age requirements either - our youngest member is 6 years old. No sign up necessary, just show up!
Current Projects
Prayer Shawls
A prayer shawl is knitted or crocheted with intention. The maker can open with a prayer, and even light a candle, before they begin work on the shawl. Often a prayer shawl is created with a stitch pattern that is repetitive in such a way as to encourage or facilitate prayers while working on the shawl. Some makers use stitch patterns in multiples of 3s or other numbers with symbolic meanings. Some shawls might be prayed over with specific prayers, and for specific recipients, others with more general prayers of comfort & strength for unspecified recipients. All prayer shawls are made with love and intention, and blessed by our priest before being sent out.
The best yarn for these projects is a machine washable and dryable yarn, in any weight with a combination of hook/needles that produce your preferred fabric. A quick Google or Ravelry search will produce countless prayer shawl patterns. Here are a few tried and trusted by some of our group members to get you started:
https://alicesembrace.org/patterns - several rectangular knitted and crocheted patterns, all written for bulky (or worsted held double) yarn, but can easily be adapted to any size yarn.
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leaf-ridge-shawl-2 - triangular knitted shawl with easy lace
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/the-age-of-brass-and-steam-kerchief - another knitted triangular shawl, mostly stockinette with some easy lace rows
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ribboned-stockinette-stitch-prayer-shawl - rectangular knitted prayer shawl
Knitted/Crocheted Hats
Our local hospitals and shelters are always in need of hats for all ages. We hand all sizes out at our Shepherd's Table and Food Pantry ministries in the colder seasons as donations allow, and we send preemie-newborn hats to the local hospitals.
The best yarn for these projects is a machine washable and dryable yarn, in a medium to bulky weight with a combination of hook/needles that produce a dense fabric. A quick Google or Ravelry search will produce countless basic hat patterns in multiple sizes. Here are a few tried and trusted by some of our group members to get you started:
https://www.jessieathome.com/ribbed-donation-hat/ - quick and easy ribbed hat; winds up being quite stretchy
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pnw-bricks-hat - another quick and easy hat, pattern includes sizes for newborn to adult
Anglican Prayer Beads
Our resident Bead Expert, Mary Howe, is a wonderful teacher of how to make a set of Anglican Prayer beads. Here is a link to some great information on what they are and how to use them. Our first Saturday meetings are dedicated to prayer bead making, if you are interested in learning.