Just look at this!
I finally got started with my poncho for the 2006 Crochet Olympics and now I keep wondering what the award will be!Or what the prize might be, hmmm. Haven't gotten too far, but will be staying up late working on playing catch up. Here is what I have done so far and a close-up of the detail of the stitch (slanted v):


















What I really hope is that I can get this done by 2/26! Winning would be nice, too, lol. (BTW-it took so long to upload these pictures that I have twice as much done on my piece!)