Our goal is to see knitted knocker groups across the country and around the world. While we try to provide a knitted breast to every survivor who contacts us, it is difficult to keep up with the need. By establishing local groups in as many locations as possible, we will not only be better positioned to aid mastectomy patients, we will also spread the word to survivors, oncology units, and other medical professionals, that a free and comfortable alternative is available.
Where to begin:
First, knit a knocker.
Then, contact the local hospital, oncology unit, women's health center, or your local chapter of the American Cancer Society. Find out who serves as the liaison for breast cancer patients. Describe the knitted breasts and the tremendous impact they have already had. Feel free to refer them to our website and story and bring in the breast you have knit to show them exactly what it looks like.
Find other knitters to join you. Perhaps declare a knitting knocker day sometime in October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
If you want to just knit the knockers, we will gladly accept them. Please mail them to:
The Knitting Experience Café
PO Box 627
Brunswick, ME 04011
Once we have more groups going, we will list their locations and donation addresses so that knitters may donate locally.