2025 Cancer Awareness Series

At Olive & Two Ewe Studios, we believe in the power of community, creativity, and compassion. That’s why, throughout 2025, we are proud to introduce our Cancer Awareness Series—a heartfelt initiative to increase awareness, provide support, and raise funds for cancer research and resources.

What Is the Cancer Awareness Series?

Each month, we will release a special, hand-dyed colorway (or colorways) inspired by the American Cancer Society's Calendar of Cancer Awareness. Each colorway will spotlight a specific cancer, helping to shine a light on its unique challenges and the vital work being done to fight it.

Supporting the Cause

For every purchase, 25% of the profits will be donated to a foundation that supports the highlighted cancer for that month. Together, we can craft hope and make a difference, one stitch at a time.

What’s Included?

Each 100-gram hank purchased as part of this series includes:

A coordinating cancer ribbon stitch marker lovingly crafted by TwinMommy Creations.
A collectible card with meaningful details about the featured cancer.
A QR code linking to an information page on our website, providing additional resources, education, and ways to support the cause.

Additionally, 20-gram minis will be available in these exclusive colorways. These minis will be sold individually and do not include the stitch marker or card, making them perfect for smaller projects or adding pops of color to your work.

How You Can Help

By purchasing a skein or mini from the Cancer Awareness Series, you’re not just creating beautiful projects—you’re also joining us in spreading awareness and contributing to the fight against cancer.

Together, we can knit together a tapestry of hope, strength, and support.

JANUARY

Teal There's a Cure was the January colorway. The ordering window for January has closed.

January: Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

The purpose of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month is to increase public awareness and understanding of cervical cancer, its causes, and the importance of early detection and HPV vaccination.

Each year in January, the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) and the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) work with local chapters to educate people and raise awareness about cervical health.

Cervical cancer begins when cancerous cells form in the lining of the cervix. Without treatment, cervical cancer can spread to surrounding areas in the pelvis or other body parts.

Anyone with a cervix can develop cervical cancer, which kills more than 4,000 females in the United States annually. Of all cervical cancers, 93% are preventable with screening and vaccination against HPV infection.

In the early stages of cervical cancer, a person may experience no symptoms at all.

As a result, women should have regular cervical smear tests, or Pap tests.

A Pap test is preventive. It aims not to detect cancer but to reveal any cell changes that indicate the possible development of cancer so that a person can take early action to treat it.

The most common symptoms of cervical cancer are:

bleeding between periods
bleeding after sexual intercourse
bleeding in post-menopausal women
discomfort during sexual intercourse
vaginal discharge with a strong odor
vaginal discharge tinged with blood
pelvic pain

By understanding the causes and risk factors people can take steps to lower their risk of developing cervical cancer. They can also learn how to recognize the symptoms and seek support.

Awareness months are also a good opportunity for people affected by cervical cancer to share information and resources with friends and family. People may cope better with the disease if the public and close community around them understand the condition.

FEBRUARY

Mean Green Fighting Machine is the February Cancer Awareness 2025 Series colorway and it's available now.

If you'd like to subscribe for the monthly colorway, you may now do so by clicking here.

February: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Cancer awareness.

Gallbladder cancer is a rare disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the tissues of the gallbladder.

The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ that lies just under the liver in the upper abdomen. The gallbladder stores the bile, a fluid made by the liver to digest fat.

Risk factors for Gallbladder Cancer: Being female and Native American can increase the risk of developing gallbladder cancer.

Talk to your doctor if you think you may be at risk.

Detection: Gallbladder cancer is hard to find early (when it's small and only in the gallbladder). Still, some gallbladder cancers are found before they have spread to other tissues and organs. Many of these early cancers are found unexpectedly when a person's gallbladder is removed because of gallstones. Patients with gallstones rarely develop gallbladder cancer.

More information on Bile Duct Cancer is available here.

More information on Gallbladder Cancer is available here.

March

Courageous Tide is the March Cancer Awareness 2025 Series colorway.

March: Colon and Kidney Cancer, along with Multiple Myeloma awareness.

Excluding skin cancer, colon cancer (also known as colorectal cancer) is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States. The American Cancer Society’s estimates for the number of colorectal cancer cases in the United States for

2025 are:

107,320 new cases of colon cancer
46,950 new cases of rectal cancer

Overall, the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is: about 1 in 24 for men and 1 in 26 for women. A number of other factors can also affect your risk of developing colorectal cancer.

For more information, visit: Colorectal Cancer Risk Factors

For reasons that are not totally clear, the rate of new kidney cancers has been rising since the 1990s, although this seems to have leveled off in the past few years. Part of this rise was probably due to the use of newer imaging tests such as CT scan, which picked up some cancers that might never have been found otherwise. The death rates for these cancers have gone down slightly since the middle of the 1990s.

The American Cancer Society’s most recent estimates for kidney cancer in the United States are for 2025 are:

About 81,610 new cases of kidney cancer (52,3800 in men and 29,230 in women) will occur.
About 14,390 people (9,450 men and 4,940 women) will die from this disease.

These numbers include all types of kidney and renal pelvis cancers.

Kidney cancer is among the 10 most common cancers in both men and women. Overall, the lifetime risk for developing kidney cancer in men is about 1 in 43 (2.3%). The lifetime risk for women is 1 in 73 (1.4%). A number of other factors also affect a person’s risk.

For more information, visit: Risk Factors of Kidney Cancer

Multiple myeloma cancer is a relatively uncommon cancer. Scientists still do not know exactly what causes most cases of multiple myeloma. However, they have made progress in understanding how certain changes in DNA can make plasma cells become cancerous.

The American Cancer Society’s estimates for multiple myeloma in the United States for 2025 are:

About 36,110 new cases will diagnosed (20,030 in men and 16,080 in women).
About 12,030 deaths are expected to occur (6,540 in men and 5,490 in women).
In the United States, the lifetime risk of getting multiple myeloma is less than 1% – about 1 in 103 for men and about 1 in 131 for women. Multiple myeloma is most common in older people. Less than 1% of these cancers are diagnosed in people younger than 35. Most people diagnosed with multiple myeloma are at least 65 years old. The average age of people diagnosed is 69.

For more information, visit: Multiple Myeloma Research