I’ve never been one to start a blog post with an apology for not posting for so long, but I’ll make an exception this time. It’s been exactly a month since I last posted here. I’m blaming a combination of factors, but it’s pretty much your standard laundry list of excuses so I won’t subject you to the details. But I will say, for those of you who don’t read my other blog, knitnut.net, that I finished my cancer treatments the day before yesterday and I’m back on track with my plan to live happily ever after. And I want to thank all of you square-knitters for your part in making that happen!
And now, without further ado, we’re just going to leap into the next profile of Zoom Blanket squares and the people who knit them.
These four pink ribbon squares were knit by a mother-daughter team in a small town in Eastern Ontario: Joanne and Roxanne Renaud. The daughter, Roxanne, heard about the Zoom Blanket first. When her mother, Joanne, saw her knitting them, and heard the explanation, she decided to pitch in and knit a couple of squares too.
Joanne is a breast cancer survivor. She had a tumor “as big as a man’s fist” removed from her breast in 2001. According to Roxanne, Joanne is “one hell of a fighter and the worlds best mom.” Joanne says breast cancer is “not a disease, it’s just a pain in my ass.”
You can visit Roxanne’s brand new blog here: Organized Chaos.
Stunning .. kinda interesting issue. I will blog about it also.