"Poncho" is one of a group of words that really makes my skin crawl.  It just rubs me the wrong way.  I think that's why I haven't mentioned the (ugh!) poncho I've been working on for the last 3-4 weeks.

I'm on version 5.1 right now.  Version 1 was a patternless circle thing which was terrible looking.  Version 2 was made after looking at a 1970s pattern where I accidentally changed the double crochet to single crochet ... which didn't work.  Version 3 was when I actually tried to follow the pattern, but I read it incorrectly.  Version 4 was me correctly interpreting the pattern and adding a little something that made it better, but then I realized that I didn't like the 1970s pattern after all.  Version 5.0 was partly my altered version of the 1970s pattern with a whole new thing, but it was still TOO MUCH.  Version 5.1 (so named because I didn't start completely over, I just frogged a little) was tweaked a little to keep it snug, and I think it's coming along nicely now.

Anyway.  For the last 4 weeks I've been dragging this around and working on it.  I think I could have crocheted an army of ponchos with all the actual hooking I've done.  Every time Andrew asks me what I'm working on I respond with a snarky comment because I can't bring myself to say "poncho."

So, what are the alternatives to that dreaded word?  Are there any already out there?  Can you help me come up with something?  Maybe even a new word.  I kinda like "bundler."  "Torso cozy" sounds really disgusting, which makes me like it, but I don't think I'd enjoy saying "torso cozy" any more than "poncho" ... unless people recoiled when I said it.  :)

I'll give you more details in the next poncho-post when I have more of it done.

The title of my post is a parody of a parody.  Around these parts we've been getting pummelled with commercials for Snuggie ("a blanket with sleeves").  It's a stupid commercial for a stupid product, and it's been totally annoying me.  You gotta love youtube, because someone posted the commercial with a new voiceover that is HILARIOUS.  Watch the original Snuggie commercial (if you haven't seen it) and the WTF Blanket parody (NSFW) for maximum funniest.