[Nfb-krafters-korner] cardigan and ponchos: was What is new out there?

[minh ha]

Cardigans are probably my favorite items of clothing. Usually they
have buttons in the front or they can be completely open with no
closures. I've never seen a cardigan with a zipper; generally people
would call those sweaters or sweatshirts.

I feel kind of silly saying this, but I'm still really confused at why
these knitted items are called ponchos. ... When I think of a poncho,
I think of the things you wear when it's raining so you don't get wet,
not a wrap or sweater.

Minh

On 10/26/15, Barb Roland via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Definition of a cardigan is a knitted sweater fastening down the front,
> typically long sleeve.
> As for the ponchos, there have recently being a couple of loom knit ponchos
> made available, one has a turtle neck, the others appear to be wide wraps
> made into a sort of poncho.
> Barb
>
>> On Oct 26, 2015, at 3:46 PM, Cathy via Nfb-krafters-korner
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> Excuse my ignorance, but is a cardigan a sweater with a zipper, buttons,
>> or
>> a pull-over.
>>
>> Very interesting that ponchos are back in style. I remember wearing one
>> when
>> I was in school that my grandma knitted for me. <smile what a nice
>> memory>
>>
>> Now our Henry does not have such a good memory concerning ponchos. He
>> taught
>> this class on a poncho and the pattern was called "pleasing ponchette."
>> We
>> all had so much difficulty with that pattern that I renamed it the
>> "displeasing poncho."
>> Remember that folks?
>>
>>
>> Cathy F
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
>> Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
>> Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org
>> Facebook page:
>> https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109571
>> Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/
>> "Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is @craftingblind
>> Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters Korner on
>> Twitter. Go to: Twitter.com/craftingblind
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> Nfb-krafters-korner:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/barbwire59%40gmail.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Nfb-krafters-korner mailing list
> Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org
> Division Website:  http://www.krafterskorner.org
> Facebook page:
> https://www.facebook.com/pages/NFB-Krafters-Division/269246643109571
> Krafters-Korner Blog https://craftingblind.wordpress.com/
> "Follow NFB Krafters Korner on Twitter: Our Handle is @craftingblind
> Don't have a Twitter account? You can still follow Krafters Korner on
> Twitter. Go to: Twitter.com/craftingblind
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> Nfb-krafters-korner:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-krafters-korner_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com
>


-- 
Minh Ha
Boston College | Lynch School of Education '16
minh.ha927 at gmail.com

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty
recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on
their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence