Nancy J. Spiegel Rosman
Prayer Shawl - Hope and Love

24" wide x 56" long
Private Collection
As chairperson of our local American Cancer Society Relay For Life, I have met incredible people fighting cancer on a day-to-day basis. Their lives inspired this Prayer Shawl:

Click of needles, rhythm of hands, quiet contemplation.
Stories of hope, young and old. Stories of love, rich and poor.
Knit within the stitches thoughts for well-being, for healing, for comfort.
A Prayer Shawl to wrap warm thoughts around someone special.

The Prayer Shawl is an inspired piece. No pattern exists. Machine-washable yarn was utilized so maximum snuggling can occur without worry. The Prayer Shawl is a generous 24" wide x 56" long. Purple is the color for American Cancer Society Relay For Life, as well as representing passion, power, wisdom and spirituality. Contrasting the purple is off-white representing peace, gentleness, protection and a touch of beige-optimism.

The fully reversible hand-knit shawl uses a stitch that creates two "right" sides of knit stitches. Both the purple and the off-white sides have HOPE and LIFE on opposite ends. The greatest challenge was creating HOPE on one side, while simultaneously creating LOVE on the other.

Nancy J. Spiegel Rosman is an accomplished needleworker who has knit (and donated) many unique prayer/comfort shawls for individuals in need, as well as her own wedding gown. She offers consultation services through her company, Special Ed. Rules!, to secondary special education departments in Minnesota seeking to improve their services. She has completed ten Boundary Water journeys in her 17.5' Kevlar canoe and is an avid gardener and active community volunteer.