<p>DeLaine Mardell displays the award-winning afghan she created despite being totally blind. The Coeur d'Alene woman became totally blind about 15 years ago, yet has taken on a number of crochet and sewing projects.</p>
September 11, 2010
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September 11, 2010 9 p.m.
Persevering through blindness
DeLaine Mardell, who likes a challenge, has crocheted afghans, other projects for the last two decades
As DeLaine Mardell swept open her latest afghan, it tumbled open across her lap, revealing a gleaming moose silhouetted on a sea of intricate green stitches.