AKA an attempt to show you something other than the poncho:

I knit this little thingie- Teva Durham’s Leaf Cravat [IK Winter ’02/3]- over a day or two with some stash yarn. I didn’t much care for it and in fact decided it looked more like a Snake than a Leaf. 
Sorry I refuse to wear a snake wrapped around my neck. Anyway I put it in a basket to rip at some later date. Last week my darlingest Zoe helped me clean up the huge mess I made in my yarn room while looking for the lace pattern. What should catch her attention? The snake, ummm I mean the leaf cravat. She promptly wrapped it around her neck a few times and grabbed those ends to strike a pose ala Daryl Hannah on cover of whatever that scarves book is that I wouldn’t buy if my life depended on it. Please Please Pleaaaaaaaaaase mommy she emplored with a occasional bouncing on toes between this twirl and that twirl. Of course its been rescued. Note to self: rip all snakes before 8 year old spots them. And yes Zoe sees a snake too.