How to Help Survivors of Sexual Violence through Knitting

How to Help Survivors of Sexual Violence through Knitting

With Threads of Compassion leading the way, you can help promote healing and comfort for survivors of sexual violence by knitting or crocheting scarves.  Sexual violence is a heartbreaking phenomenon that frequently leaves its victims feeling alone, ashamed, even unloved. The statistics are staggering. Over 200,000 Americans experience sexual violence every year. And according to…

How You Can Knit for the Ones Domestic Violence Leaves Behind

How You Can Knit for the Ones Domestic Violence Leaves Behind

You can offer comfort and healing to survivors of domestic violence through Sheila’s Shawls & Paul’s Scarves Sheila Wellstone had just become a U.S. Senator’s wife in 1990 when she discovered the horrifying reality of domestic violence. Rather than shrugging her shoulders, Sheila decided to educate herself, and she spent the following year reading and…