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 ...
"It was life-changing for me," Barb Demorest tells PEOPLE Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has spent 20 years as a reporter for PEOPLE. She covers human interest, health, crime ...
About the only time Alyce Brekke isn’t knitting is when she’s asleep. The registered nurse knits on her coffee breaks at Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater. She knits while eating lunch. She knits while ...
BRAINERD, Minn. - When dealing with the seriousness of breast cancer, a little humor is certainly a welcome friend. Perhaps that was the motivation when a group of women formed, and named, the ...
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 ...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Stitching spirals of ultra-soft cotton and bamboo yarn, the Friday afternoon knitters at Sew Steamboat put their time and skills toward a number of charity projects. They knit hand ...
A Canadian knitter is hoping to help breast cancer survivors one stitch at a time. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in women in Canada. In 2015, an estimated 25,000 women ...
The news was devastating. Bellingham mom and grandma Barb Demorest had breast cancer and needed a mastectomy. “My doctor told me that the traditional breast prosthetics can be really hot and heavy and ...
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly named Knitted Knockers of Wichita. For avid knitters Kristin Anderson and Lori Marceau, reading a Dear Abby column in The Wichita Eagle ...
Pat Anderson admits to spending nearly half of every day knitting in her living room rocking chair. But don’t underestimate this hard-working philanthropist. Anderson, 86, is the founder of the ...
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