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Knitted Breasts

by Keri the Sheep

Yes that’s right, I said it! Believe me if this weren’t important and for a good cause I would never have mentioned it.

But seeing as how an estimated 178,480 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in American women in 2007 alone, and many of those will have one or both breasts removed, (and as I am not a fan of implants personally), here is the latest in how knitting is contributing to the well being of breast cancer survivors. The designer is a cancer survivor, and has her own site here.

But that’s not all!

Knitted breast prostheses are also being made to help new moms learn to express their milk! This is especially beneficial for mothers of premature babies to express milk to help build their babies’ strength. So for your next preemie project, make a hat and a breast for twice as much benefit!

I didn’t think it was possible to love knitting even more… but now I do!

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Posted in Free Patterns, Knitting, News on February 10th, 2007

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  1. Deanna Says:
    February 10th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

    This is a great idea. My mom is a breast cancer survivor and I can definitely see how useful these could be.

  2. healthybpm Says:
    February 10th, 2007 at 6:46 pm

    Great post!Thanks for telling us readers about it.

  3. Keri the Sheep Says:
    February 10th, 2007 at 7:12 pm

    Thanks guys! And you’re welcome. Anything I can do to make people look twice. “Knitted what?”

  4. Steve J. Says:
    February 11th, 2007 at 1:07 am

    That’s wild, but sounds very interesting. Deanna, my mom is also a breast cancer survivor.

  5. kisten Says:
    February 12th, 2007 at 11:29 am

    You find some of the greatest things. LOL

  6. Keri the Sheep Says:
    February 12th, 2007 at 5:12 pm

    I tell you, this is my most popular entry to date. ;)

  7. Liz Says:
    February 27th, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    Hee! That’s awesome! I’ve seen a pattern for a knitted uterus (with fallopian tubes and everything!)…now we could make the whole Lady Parts set.

    Nice.

  8. Keri the Sheep Says:
    February 28th, 2007 at 7:34 pm

    Yeah I saw that too. There’s also a racy “woman parts” purse at theanticraft.com, although you wouldn’t know what it was right away unless you heard the podcast about it on Brenda Dayne’s Cast-On.

  9. Pat Says:
    March 25th, 2007 at 10:21 pm

    I am a 2X breast cancer survivor and my best friend is now battling her 2nd round with it. I want to knit her an afghan with the breast cancer ribbon in it- do you know if there is such a pattern and if so where can I find it. Thank you so much
    Pat

  10. Keri Says:
    March 27th, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    You could make multiples of this one http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=846
    and then sew them together, or if you send me your email by way of my other blog at http://justfibers.blogspot.com I’ll design one for you.


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