Hero... - The Times 25th September 2007

THREE cheers for knitting. Knit one, purl one. Or should that be nipple one, purl one, asks Nursing Standard (Sept 19). It seems that knitted breasts, used to teach mums how to breastfeed, are proving popular with midwives – Unicef provides a pattern and the devices are cheap to produce, ideal for the cash-strapped NHS. What odds on sexual health clinics using knitted props to show youngsters what’s what? Kid knitters have also produced so many woollen suits to protect penguins saved from oil slicks that there is now a surplus, Third Sector (Sept 19) reports. A lack of oil slicks means that spare woollies are piling up.

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