Project Knitwell Partners with the Smith Center

We are excited to partner with the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC to offer knitting this fall. The Smith Center is a nationally recognized leader in promoting the use of art and creativity as part of the process of healing and as a way to...

Knitting Classes at HSC

Project Knitwell held knitting classes for parents and other family members at HSC (formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) in Northeast D.C. in August 2014.  At the invitation of the Child Life Specialist and the Chaplain, Project Knitwell provided volunteers and...

Classes at John L. Gildner Institute

In July 2014, Project Knitwell held a series of knitting classes for emotionally disturbed adolescents at the John. L. Gildner Institute for Children and Adolescents in Rockville, Maryland.  Volunteers worked with 30 teen residents — mostly boys — and most...

New Programs at Virginia Hospital Center

In 2013, Project Knitwell began offering new programs at Virginia Hospital Center, including knitting classes and a monthly drop in knitting group at the Cancer Resource Center.  Both are open to cancer patients, their care givers and/or family members, and oncology...