MISSISSIPPI (WDAM) - With over 50,000 mastectomies in the United States each year, Knitted Knockers is working to brighten survivor's lives with a little extra support. The organization, founded by ...

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 ...

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 ...

Knitted Knockers volunteers sew, stuff, and package fabric prosthetic breasts on Wednesday, June 17, at Apple Yarns in Bellingham, Washington. Evan Abell The Bellingham Herald Four years ago, Barb ...

Women who have undergone mastectomies, lumpectomies, radiation or are going through reconstruction now have an alternative to prosthetics which can be heavy, expensive and uncomfortable. Members of ...

"It was life-changing for me," Barb Demorest tells PEOPLE Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has contributed to PEOPLE for over 20 years. She reports on topics of human interest, ...

There's a nonprofit out there devoted to breasts. Breasts of all sizes and colors. They spend a considerable amount of time actually creating breasts. Stuffing breasts. Sticking these bosoms in ...

River Wools in Terre Haute has joined with a local and national group, Knitted Knockers, to provide special handmade breast prosthesis for women who have undergone mastectomies or other breast ...

Knitted Knockers volunteers sew, stuff, and package knitted artificial breasts in June 2015 at Apple Yarns in Bellingham. The nonprofit has been recognized as charity of the month for October 2015 by ...

Janet Downey had no idea what “knitted knockers” were when her nearby yarn shop (Heritage Spinning and Weaving in Lake Orion) announced there was a need. But after visiting the website for Knitted ...

Shirlee Sullivan hated the silicone falsies she wore after her bilateral mastectomy in 2012. The breast cancer survivor says they were hot, heavy and irritated her skin. “I decided, ‘I’ll go flat,’ ” ...