Knitted Knockers

6 days ago

OMGoodness. I am howling after reading this! Laureen, our "Quality Queen" receives hundreds of knockers every week to stuff and distribute. This note came in one package of knockers: "After making two and a half pairs out of the new yarn, I was looking at the list of approved yarns and realized the new yarn was not on the list. So, I headed back to the craft store and found that, other than the original yarn I had used, she did not carry any of the yarns on the list. Misty place an order for Cascade Yarns, Ultra Pima. And now the wait.
When the yarn came in, my daughter, Amanda, went to pick it up for me. While at the shop, Amanda called me. A lady in the store wanted to know if I would sell her a pair of knockers. I explained that I did not sell them but would gladly give her a pair. No, no. She wanted to buy a pair as they were not for herself but for her husband!
Turns out, the lady was a stage 4 breast cancer survivor, and her husband wanted a pair to hang in his truck (like they do with fuzzy dice) as a tribute to her. I was able to give her a pair of knockers made out of the unapproved yarn.
Enclosed are 15 pairs of Ultra Pima, working on more." ... See MoreSee Less

Knitted Knockers

1 week ago

Wow! Real men can knit! Back in August 2020, Knitted Knockers France put together 21 wonderful volunteer women from 10 different regions in France, who have been knitting, crocheting and helping in all possible ways to get to those Amazones who need us. I have felt lucky to have an active and sensitive group of women who are always ready not only to knit but to help in any way possible. I’ve never thought a man could possibly join us although I have read how much husbands of fighter women support them to go through their battle like my own hubby has done. Well about a month ago, Jayne Mannion our colleague from Charentes in France forwarded me an email from Thomas who was requesting to join our KKF team. I have to be honest I was very surprised and I must say than when I called Thomas to interview him before having him to join our group my surprise and admiration was even greater.

Thomas is French/German. He learnt how to knit when he was 12 years old at the school he was attending in Germany where all skills were to be learnt by boys and girls without any difference. When he sent me some pics about his knitting I just went WOW!!!! he does delicate and detailed knitting hardly made even by experienced knitter women. Not only he is a great knitter but a lovely man with a huge heart. After 25 years as Marketing Director for international festivals and theaters he had enough of show time and became a Shiatsu therapist. He helps people fighting against cancer alleviate the side effects of their treatments, so as soon as he heard about us he didn’t hesitate to join us. He has been fighting himself against an illness for 30 years so he knows how much people, no matter if they’re men or women, need support and comfort when going through fighting for life. When I asked Thomas why he wanted to join us, his answer was simple: ” being a man does not put you aside when talking about breast cancer. We owe our existence to mothers, we have sisters, cousins, wives and friends so we can not just ignore it. All the way around, I call men to join KK because only by knitting and receiving a big smile from an Amazone warrior you will feel like a hero”

Thomas who speaks four languages also helped us to translate the Bottom Up version into French making it easier for those who would like to join us to begin knitting in an easy way, men or women. He added a message to future knitter men: “don’t be shy, how many women have joined “men’s jobs”?! it’s time for us to join their world and show women we might also be capable to do what they do”.

As KKF leader I’m very proud to have Thomas in our team!

Mila ... See MoreSee Less