I have been meaning to post for a while but I am still trying to figure out how to balance my new work schedule with having time to myself while still getting a chance to go out with friends, so I apologize! I did take quite a break in my crafting - again, I just had too many things on my plate. I am starting to get into a rhythm of things and I am trying to be better about doing some of the things I love, which includes posting here!
I have to admit, I am posting today because I have a complaint. I was looking through Ravelry last night and today and I ran across more blankets that have been called "chemo" blankets. Now, I understand the need for a blanket during a chemo session - my mother died of cancer when I was 21, and I often took her to these appointments. She had been going for years. So I am not attempting to minimize the purpose behind the blankets. However, by calling them chemo blankets, when, from all that I can see they are simply throw blankets, it seems like a call for attention and sympathy. And that honestly drives me nuts. It makes people comment sympathetic things, buy a pattern simply for the sympathetic overtones, or use a pattern because it is a throw blanket with another name. There are millions of people around the world with cancer and most of us know someone who is or has gone through chemotherapy. Again, I understand the need for a blanket during those sessions.
Is there any purpose behind calling a blanket a "chemo" blanket other than someone seeking attention or playing the sympathy card? I am interested in hearing responses and part of me expects that there will be some backlash about it. I am genuinely interested in knowing if there is something different about these blankets/patterns that makes them different than other throw blankets and deserving of another name. I realize that this is something silly to be annoyed about, yet every time I see these blankets I am annoyed. I'm not a fan of needless and obvious grabs for attention from anyone.
