Thanks to all who posted their congratulations. I'm so grateful for your support. I've been knitting up a storm on the first poncho, which is out of a Cherry Hill Yarns possum blend of all things. It's beautiful but it sheds quite a bit. I'm on track to finish it by the end of the week as I planned, and today I received the yarn for the next poncho.
So far both the yarns they gave me to work with are green. I almost never wear green, and therefore rarely knit with it. A few years ago, before I got married and took a new last name, I realized that a big part of why I don't wear green is that my name was green, and as a child I got teased about it. ("You're green, so you must be a martian!" "Alison Green is going to marry Richard Brown - ew!") Isn't that a wierd reason not to wear a color?
heehee..that's cute about your aversion to "green." i love green - knit away! can't wait to see the ponchos.
Posted by: melissa j | October 10, 2004 at 09:49 PM
Well, I have no excuse to not like green...just don't like it. Guess it is because I look green if I wear green! Your reason is a good one! Having petted that possum yarn I can say it's pretty wonderful.
Posted by: Margene | October 12, 2004 at 04:59 PM
I think I used to not wear shades of pink because my name is Rose, so I don't think it's so odd!
Posted by: Rose | October 15, 2004 at 01:48 PM