Join the CWA Knitathon making ‘knitted boobs’ for cancer sufferers Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad Coffs Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - April 10, 2023 CWA members will knit and stuff ‘knitted breasts’ for those who have lost their breasts to mastectomy. ON WEDNESDAY April 12 from 9am to 3pm, the Boambee East Community Hall will be filled with the clicking of knitting needles powering away for a purpose. The community is invited to come along and do their bit at a ‘Knitathon’ organised by CWA Urunga member Yvonne Argent, where knitters will create prosthetic breasts for women who have lost theirs through mastectomy. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Whether you are able knitters or all-fingers-and-thumbs, the organisers will find you a job on the day. “It will be a social, chatty atmosphere where attendees knit prosthetic breasts for women who lost their breasts through cancer,” Yvonne told News Of The Area. “Whether you can knit or not you’ll get a job,” said Yvonne, laughing, “there’s other jobs like sewing and stuffing the ‘breasts’.” Yvonne had a mastectomy in 2017 and started the Knitathon in 2018 with the CWA at Gunnedah where she lived at the time. Since moving to Urunga in early 2022 and joining the local CWA, she’s set up the Knitathon for the Coffs Coast community to contribute to. The ‘knitted boobs’ are made to a specific simple pattern devised by Yvonne to make it easy for even beginner knitters to follow and are made from 100 percent Bendigo Woollen Mills cotton stuffed with soft padding, all provided on the day. “Knitted, sewn and stuffed, they are distributed to hospitals for breast cancer patients,” she said. The knitted breasts are used to slide into the bra cup. Those joining the Knitathon pay a donation of $10 which covers the cost of morning tea, lunch and all-day tea and coffee. “All you have to do is bring a pair of 3.75mm knitting needles and your sense of humour and all materials and patterns will be supplied,” said Yvonne. There will also be a raffle held on the day. “You don’t need to stay all day; you can arrive and leave as you need,” said Yvonne. For more information contact Yvonne on 0490 926 917 or at yargent2@gmail.com. By Andrea FERRARI
