by Michelle Maynard | Feb 6, 2019 | News
Meet Kierra. Kierra is one of the 15-20 women at Friends of Guest House in Alexandria, Virginia whom Project Knitwell volunteers work with each week. Kierra and the other women at Guest House are re-entering the community after having spent time in prison.Some may...
by Michelle Maynard | Nov 21, 2018 | News
This fall, Project Knitwell launched two new programs to share the therapeutic power of knitting with very different communities.In the brand-new Ronald McDonald Room at INOVA-Children’s Hospital, volunteer Shelly will visit on the first and third Mondays of...
by Michelle Maynard | Sep 2, 2018 | Fundraisers and Other Events, News
Tracye Payne Wilson, who learned to knit in 2017 with a Project Knitwell volunteer at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH). Tracye was undergoing treatment for cancer. Knitting offered her a sense of accomplishment and provided focus and hope at a difficult...
by Donna Breslin | Aug 24, 2017 | News
Two opportunities to listen to Executive Director Michelle Maynard talk about Project Knitwell on recent episodes of Kristy Glass Knits on You Tube and the podcast Ready, Set, Knit. (after Aug 24th).
by Michelle Maynard | Apr 26, 2017 | News
Project Knitwell’s pilot program working with those affected by homelessness at Street Sense was featured in the Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Vogue Knitting. Cynthia, a participant in our knitting group at Street Sense says: “Knitting is very...
by Michelle Maynard | Feb 14, 2017 | News
Project Knitwell is thrilled to announce two new knitting program sites this month. We are piloting another school based program, working with special education students in Fairfax County, VA. In addition, we will be piloting a program with Street Sense, knitting with...
