Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
Good strong thoughts for you and your mom!

Coping strategies are good! Gotta love 'em.

Also, variety! Lots of patterns, lots of different yarns. Don't forget polar fleece pillbox hats. You can make very cute pillbox hats with polar fleece, with maybe an applique or two to make it exciting. (sew the band part with the seams on the outside, so they don't irritate. cover the exposed band seams with appliques) .

Thanks, Knotted! -- yes, anything to save my sanity and keep food out of my mouth these days!

Polar fleece hats -- good thinking! With machine embroidery! I LOVE an excuse to embellish fabric! Heck, so does mom -- HER coping strategy? She's making new pants with loose, roomy legs, and they're embroidered too! The last picture she sent was of a pantleg with dragonflies on it. I wonder if she realizes she's also sent a picture that included her wearing them too!

We had a bit of a giggle the other day -- with the pencil pushers at the Mayo Clinic not knowing how to deal with her case, I suggested she throw them another monkey wrench: have them deal with her cataracts while they've got her under!

Karen in Boise