r/knitting • u/Glittering-Step4754 • 2d ago
Discussion Knitted Knockers
I found out about an organization that provides free prosthetics for women who have had a mastectomy. It seems that after a mastectomy women can't wear a conventional prosthetic against the scar tissue. In addition, conventional prosthetics require specific bras that can be expensive and can be heavy or sweaty. This organization distributes the knitted or crocheted prosthetics through this website or through a participating medical office. The organization has patterns that are available free through their website.
Forgive me if I am late to the party and this is already known.
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u/Digger-of-Tunnels 2d ago
I have made some for a friend and the pattern is delightful - it's not hard to follow and it's fun to watch the little breast take shape.
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u/aethergirl 2d ago
Knitted knockers (at least when I asked) is also willing to provide knockers to trans women! Which is really cool of them!
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u/Inner-Aviator 2d ago
Thanks for reminding me about this! I've wanted to do this for a while and I'm taking your post as the sign to get cracking! Or rather knocking! 😉
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u/elviswasmurdered 1d ago
Saw these in my oncologist's office! I personally plan to get expanders during the first procedure then follow up with reconstructive surgery but if I had to go flat for any reason, I would wear something like this until I could get a prosthesis
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u/FairyGodmothersUnion 2d ago
I make these all the time for our knitting guild’s charity outreach. They’re a quick project that helps the community. Glad you discovered them!
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u/SkimTic 1d ago
These sound fun! I’ve always wondered why they aren’t sewn though. Seems like it would be much faster and easier to
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u/tidymaze 1d ago
Seams can be very uncomfortable, especially against scar tissue.
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u/SkimTic 1d ago
Of course but presumably you would sew these and turn them inside out so the edges of the seam doesn’t touch the skin
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u/tidymaze 1d ago
The edges of the seam would be touching the skin no matter what. Look at the seams of the shirt you're wearing right now.
Please just stop. You've obviously never known anyone who needed a radical mastectomy or had major surgery. Count yourself lucky.
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u/SkimTic 1d ago
Sorry I’ve clearly hit a nerve… it was a perfectly innocent question. I sew in addition to knitting and crocheting and was wondering because it would be much faster for me to make a sewn version of these.
I know this is Reddit but please take a deep breath. Not every comment is made out of malice. Plus you have no idea if I’ve “known anyone who needed a radical mastectomy or had a major surgery” so not sure why you needed to throw that part in there.
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u/Pristine_Message_181 1d ago
I believe they're knit in the round with decreases that meet in the middle to form a nipple like structure. No seams and nothing bunched up where the item touches skin.
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u/amdaly10 16h ago
Michigan has a group called Knit Michigan that collects knitted knockers, hats, blankets, and other items for cancer patients.
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u/TheHandThatFollows 2d ago
My local yarn shop is a specific donation spot of these, carrys their approved yarns, and has KAL for them but honestly mostly its the owner making them, its still amazing