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Knitting Hope for Winnipeg’s Winter | Winnipeg News
In Winnipeg, a cozy knitting circle called Hooks and Needles is stitching warmth for the city’s most vulnerable—long before snowflakes fall. Reborn in 2023 by Lynnette Stamler, a former nursing academic returning home after 27 years abroad, the group meets twice monthly at Epiphany Lutheran Church to crochet scarves, hats, and blankets. From prayer shawls to wheelchair-friendly lap blankets and baby cozies, their handmade gifts flow to local outreach programs like the Urban. With 7 to 15 volunteers—some in person, some remote—they’re racing against the chill to deliver dozens of boxes before…
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