Comments on: The Manolo No-Poncho Pledge

By: La Poulette » Blog Archive » Not that there’s anything wrong with it, Jerry.

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:21:41 +0000

[...] dom of the Manolo, who will perhaps have more success in enlightening it on matters of the dreaded poncho and the cringeworthy Birkenstock. [...]

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:50:08 +0000

I fall to your feet in praise and worship. How is it that people insist on wearing a shapeless rectangle? As a knitter, I’ve take the “I will not knit a poncho pledge” as a mantra.

By: CrochetWithDee

CrochetWithDee — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 23:27:18 +0000

Ah, perhaps Manolo would be interested in going to the upcoming show Martha has planned — all Manolo needs to do is crochet up one of Martha’s “Coming Home” ponchos and wear it at the taping … http://www.lionbrand.com/Newsletters/2005JulIssue2.html

Go ahead, pick up a hook and crochet one. Manolo just might love it! ;)

By: Sahara

Sahara — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:00:57 +0000

I’m glad you have taken a stand! I hated them when Anna Sui brought them back, how many years ago?

That photo is the kind of thing that will make knitting and crochet go out of fashion again. I prohibit my knitting and crochet students from making them as their first projects.

By: E'Bert

E'Bert — Mon, 30 May 2005 15:27:11 +0000

The Poncho is a sad and dangerious thing. I was most dismayed when I first encountered my local knitters guild only to discover that most of them were waisting their lives knitting ponchos. Where will it all end? think of the children, won’t someone please think of the children?

By: tallgrrl

tallgrrl — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 22:25:52 +0000

I’m taking the No CROCHET Poncho Pledge.
But I’m gonna tell you something:
2 years before The Craze hit, I made a rectangle “poncho-thing” out of a charcoal coloured Rowan Felted Tweed. (NO FRINGE.) The yarn knitted up into this wonderful tweedy fabric that I’ve seen no where else.
Because my ass is of a size where it doesn’t need anything pointing to it, I wear this piece sideways.
Every winter, it is one of my favourite things to wear, and people always ask me where I bought it.
If you do it right, the poncho can be a cool thing.
What Martha was sportin’? It is NOT “A Good Thing”
: )

By: Fausta

Fausta — Sun, 03 Apr 2005 14:16:22 +0000

I've officially taken the pledge now, but had stated my intentions back in October

By: Trey Givens » Misunderstood?

Trey Givens » Misunderstood? — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:47:48 +0000

[...] like to see Sam praise Martha Stewart for all of her wonderfulness. (Except the poncho. The Manolo knows.) And maybe a new character could show up: a crazy g [...]

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 25 Mar 2005 22:59:33 +0000

Alas, I’m still waiting for the No Legwarmers pledge. Call me.

By: Magpie

Magpie — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:49:56 +0000

I am on board with the No Poncho pledge, except I don’t think Martha should be our
poster child. After all, if you believe what People magazine says, this was
knitted for her as a going-away present by another inmate. Awww…