Testimonials

Good morning wonderful knitters,

I had a mastectomy by Dr Cary Kaufman on July 31st. Great doctor.

When I asked him what I put in my bra cup after surgery, he brought a bag of knitted knockers. He said that most of the nude colors were gone, but I found the perfect one for me. It was a brighter diamond than the rest. It is hairy bright orange with colorful specks on it.

It works perfect for me, and when I show people they are amazed at the beauty and cleverness of the creation. And of course the name. It makes for a great conversation piece.

From the bottom of my heart and knocker, thank you so much for knitting these for us breast cancer survivors. It is truly a labor of love and prayers that we feel when we wear them.

You are doing such a wonderful, thoughtful gift for all of us, true angels.

Thank you very much again!

Knocker on

My mother recently went through the unfortunate event of having a mastectomy after having contracted an infection in her right breast from her chemotherapy port. Since then, she has felt she has lost all of her femininity, especially since she had already had a complete hysterectomy. She viewed her breasts as her last womanly features, but even part of that has been taken from her. I have been looking on sites such as Etsy.com and sadly I can’t afford buying one for her. I read how you were willing to help the woman who couldn’t knit in California and was hoping you would be able to help me restore some of my mother’s confidence too. I don’t know how to knit and neither does my mother, so if you would be able and willing to, it would mean the world to me if you would be able to knit a breast for her. It has been a rough year for her after having lost her son (my brother) to Ewing’s Sarcoma and her mother to pneumonia within a 6 month time frame. Something like this would mean a great deal to her. “Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. I was planning on keeping this as a surprise to my mother but she owns both cups size B and C bras so I had to ask. Well, that and I was so excited that she might be able to talk to someone about what she is going through. I would love to talk to her more about it, but I just can’t wrap my mind around the feelings she is experiencing. The women who undergo these surgeries are truly strong and heroic. She informed me, when I asked her about the knitted knockers, that she would be undergoing another mastectomy in January to remove her other breast after her hip replacement surgery. The support you are offering now is worth more to her now than anything.

I showed her pictures of all the knitted breasts on the internet and she said they were all so beautiful. There wasn’t a one that she found unattractive or strange. She was so happy I contacted you. She said she would need either a B or a C depending if the cup size was big. As for color, she didn’t have a preference. She wears mainly white or black bras. Though, purple is her favorite color.

(Nurse) I have an elderly woman, who was a patient of mine, who would like to procure a knotted knocker. She has an Amoena insert that fits, but it is really heavy. I showed her my kk, and she was delighted. She doesn’t have access to the Internet, which I didn’t realize. When I told her about knitted knockers, instead of looking online, she tried calling information, and asked them the number for “knitted knockers”. She was baffled when the operator told her there wasn’t anything listed under that name. So when I saw her again the other day, we had a good chuckle about that; she’s an amazing woman with an unbelievably great attitude. She mentioned her size was 36DD; she had a radical mastectomy of the right breast years ago. Think she would likely go for any light, neutral color. Her name is MMMMM, and I’m blessed to have met her. Do you have that size available? If so, may I pick it up for her? Sure is a fantastic service the “KK’s” do for women. I’m still wearing the same one you gave me last year-light and cool!

Thanks so much for the beautiful knitted knocker-I love it! I took out most of the fill, and it fit wonderfully. Will bring your stash to work with me, Wednesday. What an amazing ministry of love and hope! Am reminded of Romans 8:28, and of His faithfulness. We are children of an amazing Father! Who but God can take a difficult situation, turn it around for good, and allow the person to be a blessing to others, sewing seeds of Love and Hope. Thanks again

(Knitter)

Barb – thank you for letting me know – I’ll keep knitting! And thank you for sharing the e-mail. It’s wonderful and pretty amazing that I, who love to knit, can do something that I enjoy so much and be helpful to others. I hadn’t written down your e-mail address when I was at the TaTa-A-Thon and oddly enough I found it on the happyhooker site with the message that Shelby referenced. Your reaching out to the woman in California was very touching.
Joyce

Thanks again so much for making this possible. I saw Dr Whitney yesterday and Julie his nurse said the knockers are flying out the door… just when I think we are on top of it I find out we need more J. She said the women seem to like the brighter colors and believe it or not your “hairy” one was the first one to go. The woman said, “oh, can I have that one?”. Julie says the whole office laughs when they see her carrying the bag down the hall because she loves giving them out so much. Yesterday they needed a smaller one than I had. She said that we are back to needing mostly Bs again. Funny how that goes. The lady yesterday was so distressed because she couldn’t be reconstructed for awhile pending radiation so this was a perfect solution for her. She has a bigger than appropriate one now until I can finish the one I’m working on and get it over there.

I am keeping you up to date because you are my super hero knitter and I want you to share in the joy you are giving.

Thank you so much for making knitted knockers available in Bellingham! I got one from my surgeon, Dr Helen James. I’m grateful to the knitters for the light-weight, free, and amusing solution.

I want to make mine (which is pink*) into a “swim boob” for my bathing suit, so I want to know what the yarn is made from. I assume it’s washable, so would probably be OK in water. I plan to stuff it with pieces of old bathing suit material, which I hope will dry faster than the poly stuffing

I would like to contribute to your efforts. I don’t knit. Please let me know how to get a donation to you.

Gratefully
~Libby

*The multicolored ones made me laugh — healing, but not what I wanted to wear.

I went to the doctor today and they were full of amazing stories as recently as yesterday. They said that surprisingly the brighter colors are the more popular and the women are delighted when they get them. I know from personal experience that that is true; They seem to be needing the size B and Cs right now.