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February 08, 2007
Knitted boobies!
An undercover agent pointed us to this interesting story over at the BBC about knitted boobies being used to help new mothers learn how to breast feed.
The woolly breasts are being used at Liverpool Women's Hospital to show new mothers how to breastfeed and how to express milk if necessary.... The breasts are produced in a variety of skin shades. They are used by community midwife teams to demonstrate how milk should be expressed, particularly for premature babies being kept in hospital.... sourced the breast pattern from the International Lactation Consultants' Association.... more knitters are needed.
I looked for the pattern on the ILCA website, but couldn't find it - so if you know where it is, let us know and we will add in a link. I would have suggested using the pattern at knitty.com but it doesn't seem as anatomically correct as the one illustrated on the BBC site.
Posted by glittrgirl at February 8, 2007 02:25 PM
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Hi there ladies - i found this is in a flickr knitting pool just this evening... have a sneaky feeling its the knitty one (but maybe looking more realistic (or make that at least less fake) than the knitty photo) http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/cot_chenille_boob.html
Posted by: Betsybeth at February 8, 2007 08:32 PM
Wow! Thanks for the info!
Posted by: glittrgirl at February 14, 2007 01:00 PM
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