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Here is a knitting pattern of a breast supplied to us by Maria of the North Vancouver British Columbia La Leche League. This is a great project for anyone working around birth and breastfeeding: Lactation Consultants, Midwives, Doctors, Doulas, Public Health Nurses, Labour and Delivery Nurses, La Leche League Leaders, or maybe someone who wants an original stuffed toy for their babe. This will allow you to demonstrate technique for achieving a great latch, how to deal with clogged ducts, and other physiological phenominias of the breast. Get creative with your choice of yarn colours, and have fun. Please submit photo’s of your knit breast, I would love to post your titlating creations.
I used 3.75 mm double pointed needles, and yarn that called for about that size needle. I haven’t measured the guage yet but if you have yarn that calls for smaller or bigger needles, let me know and I can measure…
CO 24 sts
1. knit first row, joining together to make a round
2. [k4, M1] repeat (rpt) to end of row
3. knit
4. [k5, M1] rpt to end of row
5. knit
6. [k6, M1] rpt to end of row
7. knit
8. [k7, M1] rpt to end of row
9. knit
10. [k8, M1] rpt to end of row
11. knit
12. [k9, M1] rpt to end of row
13. knit
14. [k10, M1] rpt to end of row (should have 66 sts by now)
15 – 25. knit 11 rows
26. [k9, k2tog] rpt to end of row
27. knit
28. [k8, k2tog] rpt to end of row
29. knit
30. [k7, k2tog] rpt to end of row
start nipple colour here
31. knit
32. [k6, k2tog] rpt to end of row
33. knit
34. [k5, k2tog] rpt to end of row
35. knit
36. [k4, k2tog] rpt to end of row
37. knit
38. [k3, k2tog] rpt to end of row
39. knit
40. [k2, k2tog[ rpt to end of row
41. knit
42. [k1, k2tog] rpt to end of row (should have 12 sts now)
43. knit
44. k2tog for whole row (6 sts remaining)
45. knit (knit another row if you want nipple “taller”)
cut yarn, thread tail through remaining 6 sts, tighten and knot
pull tail into breast with crochet hook, leaving it inside
Stuff the breast with stuffing, insert disc, and se
I was interested to read this, though I can’t read the end! I’ve made many breasts using the Lactation Consultants of Great Britain pattern and my own creations eg a breast made from a sock, with a baby’s ‘mouth’ made from a juice bottle top and a balloon, and a ‘Happy Knappy’ or ‘Dumpy Diaper’ – a modern kite shape, with coloured circles showing the results of the first 5 days of feeding. (The idea is to identify early any baby not taking enough milk, to prevent excessive weight loss/dehydration/starvation jaundice.) See website http://www.lcgb.org/shop.html. My latest breast has the words worked into it ‘I’ve made a boob’. My book Fit to Bust has lots more ideas for breastfeeding promotion.