Face of Project Knitwell: Judy Hawkins

Face of Project Knitwell: Judy Hawkins

Meet Judy Hawkins, Client and Community Organizer at Bread for the City. Judy worked with Project Knitwell to bring knitting to Bread for the City to help women in need of ways to cope with difficult life experiences.

Face of Project Knitwell: Ann

Face of Project Knitwell: Ann

 “There is a lot of joy in knowing you have touched someone else and provided something new to their lives.  However, the biggest reward is that they have touched you and expanded your life.” Ann first learned of Project Knitwell in 2014 through the Smith Center for...

Dads Knit Too!

Dads knit too!  While we do knit with more moms than dads, our volunteers regularly report working with both parents of NICU and other pediatric patients. One of our volunteers at Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) told us she offered to teach the mom and dad...
Face of Project Knitwell: Julia

Face of Project Knitwell: Julia

Meet Julia.  Julia is the mom of a 5 ½ year old son.  She also has metastatic breast cancer, for which she receives chemo at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH)  every 3 weeks. A Project Knitwell volunteer has been teaching Julia to knit.

7 Health Reasons to Take Up Knitting

Following our successful event with author, coach and physiotherapist Betsan Corkhill in October, Anna Medaris Miller contacted Project Knitwell Executive Director Michelle Maynard about the therapeutic benefits of knitting. The science is starting to catch up with...