"Knitted knockers" are cotton prosthetics for women who have undergone a single or double mastectomy and 250 were ready to filled and stitched at Oaktree Retirement Village.

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There was a pink theme for morning and afternoon tea in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

It was the second knitathon organised by breast cancer survivor Yvonne Argent who said it was important for patients to have access to prosthetics at the North West Cancer Centre in Tamworth.

The prosthetics can be placed in women's bras post-surgery or long-term.

Thursday's knitathon was hosted by a new cancer support group, which meets at Oaktree on the second Thursday of the month at 2pm.

The inaugural knitathon was launched under the banner of the CWA in 2018 and was hugely successful.