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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press VOLUNTEERS Hooks and Needles Group Group photo of a few members of the Hooks and Needles knitting group with some of the wares inside Epiphany Lutheran Church Thursday. Names from left: Nancy Sperling Elaine Lochhead Lynnette Stamler (mint) Every first and third Wednesday of the month Lynnette Stamler meets the other members of her church’s knitting, crochet and weaving group Hooks and Needles, where she and her fellow volunteers make mitts, gloves, toques and scarves that will make their way to various shelters in the city in late November/early December. The group has already started working on items for this coming winter. AV Kitching July 2nd 2026