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 ...

Fargo and West Fargo knitters and crocheters hatch 'skein' to make soft, comfortable, washable and realistic breast prostheses to women who have had mastectomies. And they're entirely free. Beth ...

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 ...

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." ...

The complaints are not unusual, nor do they vary too much. Prosthetic breasts provide an important resource to many women who have had mastectomies. But they tend to be uncomfortable. RELATED STORIES ...