Barbara Demorest hit bottom after being diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago. The diagnosis itself wasn’t the bottom for the Bellingham woman, nor was the mastectomy. Surgery complications that ...

Two Franklin residents are using their personal hobbies to benefit others. Stephanie Clark taught herself to crochet about four years ago after a friend, Tiffany Buchanan, encouraged her to start ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Instead of costly heavy prosthetics, more breast cancer survivors who have had a mastectomy are turning to knitted knockers, always donated and showing women how much they’re ...

Fargo and West Fargo knitters and crocheters hatch 'skein' to make soft, comfortable, washable and realistic breast prostheses to women who have had mastectomies. And they're entirely free. Beth ...

BALTIMORE, Md. — Tucked away along Falls Road in Hampden, fiber lovers united on an October night for a good cause. They’re knitting, crocheting, and stuffing knitted knockers. “A knitted knocker is a ...

UPPER DUBLIN – If you want something done, ask a busy woman to do it – ask Anita Strainick. In addition to a full-time job as a 401(k) administrator, the Upper Dublin woman spearheads Knitted Knockers ...

“When fighting cancer, sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest difference.” KnittedKnockers.org is an organization that connects volunteer knitters and crocheters with breast cancer ...

A grandma launched a group where individuals make 'knitted knockers' for thousands of breast cancer survivors who have had a mastectomy. Barbara Demorest, 65, from Bellingham in Washington, USA, set ...

STEVENS POINT - A local business is jumping into help women who have had a mastectomy. Wisconsin Wool Exchange, 1009 First St., will be hosting an kickoff event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday for ...

Knitted knockers. Breast beanies. Tit bits. The names may be irreverent, but the intent is the same: Offer uplifting support – via bra inserts – to women after breast cancer surgery. Knitted knockers ...