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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Knitted Knockers volunteers sew, stuff, and package fabric prosthetic breasts on Wednesday, June 17, at Apple Yarns in Bellingham, Washington. Evan Abell The Bellingham Herald Four years ago, Barb ...

IF you haven't heard of them already, don't worry, you soon will. Knitted Knockers is one of those names you won't forget; conjuring up a jarring, bizarre image of the wholesome and home-made with ...

Receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer can be devastating. The physical effects of a mastectomy or lumpectomy can leave awoman struggling to regain the look of her body while she undergoes ...

Anne McFeely and Sara Altman are making a difference in women's lives. They are among hundreds of volunteers helping women who have had mastectomies and other breast surgeries by knitting "knockers." ...

Doctors and surgeons can do some pretty amazing things when it comes to helping a woman heal after breast cancer. Technology now makes it possible to reconstruct the breast to as close to a patient’s ...

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 ...