#10 RHODE ISLAND

Name: Vesna
Ravelry name: Batty
Location: State line of MA and RI
Occupation: Taxonomist
In honor of Stephanie, who is currently fighting breast cancer.

#9 CONNECTICUT

Name: Polly Talbott

Ravelry name: pttalbott

Location: Saybrook, CT

In memory of Anne Talbot.

#8 NEW JERSEY

Name: Grace
Ravelry name: needles54
Location: Lake Hiawatha, NJ
Occupation: Knitter
In honor of Faith Yaskovic
In memory of Grace Crawford Mulholland

#7 DELAWARE

Name: Krista
Ravelry name: knitdelaware
Location: Wilmington, DE
Occupation: Banker
In honor of the survivors, the women who get up and fight everyday and make the most of every minute they have.

#6 MARYLAND

Name: Kathe
Ravelry name: Downegirl
Location: Mount Airy, MD

Occupation: Retired editor, full time knitter
In honor of my sister Vera who had breast cancer that was caught early and successfully treated with minimally invasive surgery. Well and happy in England now
In memory of my dear mother-in-law who, although she didn’t have breast cancer, instead had ovarian cancer. However that is not what she succombed to - it was the horrible disease ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).