Nifty knitted knockers: Volunteers give women their confidence back through crochet

Olivia Kelleher meets volunteers who create hand-made prostheses for women who’ve had mastectomies

Crocheting was just a hobby for Ann Cooke until she went out shopping one day and bumped in to her former SNA workmate, Linda Burgess, who told her that she had had a bilateral mastectomy.

Linda mentioned how uncomfortable her prostheses were and an idea was sparked in Ann’s head. She had come across “knitted knockers” online and knew that it was possible to make handmade breast prostheses.