More than thirty people took the time out of their busy holiday weekend to knit tits for breast cancer survivors. We converged on One City Market, our local yarn shop in Rogersville, Missouri (you can see the store behind us..too cute) and spent the day knitting boobs. My mom admitted she wasn't all that keen on spending the day with a bunch of folks she really didn't know but the idea of spending the day with me overrode that and she came along. She is the lady in the back row, 6th person from the left. I'm 5th from the left. 
There were even men who came...two of them, in fact. They were in charge of making sure the size of each boob was correct on the tag (they told us they were experts on boob size) and then stuffing them.
A couple of the girls decided that boobs for cancer survivors should be pretty so they made some with beads (note the dark blue one in the bucket!) and some girls decided to paint "tattoos" on some of the boobs, and some girls decided to put nipple rings on some of theirs. All-in-all we ended up with more than 100 knitted tits to give to the Hulston Cancer Center in Springfield, Missouri.
I must give credit where credit is due! One of the ladies who came brought her husband, a professional photographer, to take pictures of our event. The above shots are being used with permission from Mr. William Russell of Marshfield, Missouri. Thanks so much, Bill!
On Monday, Columbus Day, Mom and I and 4 other friends traveled to Kansas City to hear the Yarn Harlot give a talk about her latest book, Free Range Knitter. What a fun day! Started with dinner at PF Changs....yum!!!!! Then on to the lecture held at Unity Church on the Plaza in Kansas City. We laughed so hard! The 3 1/2 hour drive home took hardly any time at all cause we spent the time laughing. It's really hard to get a good picture when the lighting isn't set up for photography AND you are laughing...but this is the best I could get!
And, finally, I promised a shot of Autumn from my own house....most of the colors here in southwest Missouri are pretty muddy compared to the Northeast...but here it is. Straight off my back deck, across the meadow, into our woods.
Happy Autumn, everyone! And thanks for stopping by.
3 comments:
Wow! I can't believe you wrote an x-rated post! LOL! Just kidding.
Not many people can say that they have made boob's! How fun! Sounds like a memorable day.
It's so cool that you got to see the Harlot. You have had a great week!
Who doesn't love knitting tits! Looks like a good turn out and alot of fun!
That has to be the funniest blog title I've ever read! Every time I read it, it makes me laugh. You should write a book with that title. It'd probably sell millions!
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