needlecraft

The quilt features a number of needlecraft techniques including knitting, sewing, embroidery and applique.

"It also makes me feel connected to my ancestors, and those before them, who surely worked on needlecraft through all sorts of pandemic illnesses and other world-changing events," she said.

For February, 25 programs were listed at various libraries, including story times, block parties, children reading to therapy dogs, science and technology programs, teen advisory and reading groups, and needlecraft groups.

One of her daughters was flipping through a needlecraft magazine and spotted a pattern for a witch named Luna.

There’s something about the act of sewing that is therapeutic for traumatized veterans, says Jim Cragg, a former US Army officer turned needlecraft entrepreneur.