KNITTING is stitched into Megan Carberry’s psyche and an opportunity to needle-in on breast cancer couldn’t be passed.
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Inspired by the efforts of Gunnedah’s Yvonne Argent and her recent “Knitted Knocker Knitathon”, creating cotton prostheses for women who had undergone mastectomies, Nundle’s Click-Clackers threw its support behind the darn-good cause.
The Nundle group will host its own knitathon on May 23 and have extended an open invite to the close-knit community to register and help the cause.
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Ms Carberry hosts the Nundle knitting group every Monday at the Mount Misery Gold Mine Cafe and has helped it get the charity event established in town.
She has been hooked-on knitting since she was five-years-old after her mother first showed her the ropes.
She has since had several designs and patterns published with her knitting brand “Nutmeg Knits”.
May 31 will mark one year since Ms Carberry’s beloved mum died from cancer.
“She fought for a long time and it will be a sad day for myself and my sisters,” she said.
Ms Carberry said breast cancer was “prolific” on the maternal side of her family losing her mother, an aunt and two cousins and wanted to help any cause which aided research.
“It could help my daughters or my granddaughter,” she said.
“It’s a looming thing in my family and we have to be proactive to find a cure.
“The lottery’s not looking good.”
She said about 12 knitters had already signed on for the Nundle event and encouraged more to get on board by registering with the click-clackers online.
Long-time Namoi Group CWA member Yvonne Argent said the response since the April 19 knitathon in Gunnedah had been overwhelming.
She said about 150 sets of knockers had been knitted since she got the ball rolling and had been routinely delivering the prostheses to the North West Cancer Centre in Tamworth.
“I can’t believe that many people really want to help,” she said.
Ms Argent said it had been a regional effort with a range of groups chipping-in support.
Patients at the Armidale dialysis unit, church groups, girl guides and retirement villages had all heralded the call.
“I did not expect this,” she said.
“I’m absolutely stunned we could get this much support.”
There is a specific pattern for the knitted knockers, which will be supplied at the knitathon.