Poncho, poncho and more poncho

Well, Jess just came in to my office and her spanish teacher wants me to make her a poncho, just like the one I did for Jess. Doesn't matter what it costs, just make her one I was told. What a dilemma. I don't like being put on the spot or under pressue to finish something, that's why I normally don't do anything for money; but she's a member of the teachers union that I work for, Jess' teacher and she oogled over the silly thing so guess I will do it. She mentioned this yesterday, but didn't know the teacher was REALLY SERIOUS. Jess did explain to her that I had issues with my elbow and arm and it may not get done quickly...no matter....just get me one. Well, off to the store for more yarn and add another WIP to my list which by the way I hope to be able to figure out how to post on the sidebar soon.

If you receive the Mary Maxim catalog (you can also view online) The latest Spring Sale 2005 (catalog vol.473A) has a beige poncho on the front. It's knitted and I don't enjoy knitting as much, but I looked at it really hard and I'm going to duplicate that with crocheted blocks for Jess. I'm doing several different stitch patterns and we figured we needed about 36 blocks, so she wants 36 different colors - I've finished about 6 I think. We picked out an off white in Caron Soft to edge each one so they're all uniform and it doesn't look funky as I join them. My image of it is really cool - hope it turns out okay. more on project that later...