this is what I just received from Interweave press
"Join the Poncho Craze! FREE poncho pattern from Interweave Press The Freedom Poncho by Lily M. Chin
Ever since Martha Stewart walked out of prison wearing a hand-crocheted poncho, crocheters and knitters across the country have been clamoring to find a pattern to make it their own. The "Freedom Poncho" pattern was created by Lily Chinóknit and crochet diva and fashion designer extraordinaire."
If you want to see the patterns you have to go to the interweave website. My server will not allowe, pictures transposed like that, so I can not see, what the poncho's look like.
Also here is another quote from the same website:" A Final Note: On March
11, 2005, The New York Post reported that Xiomaro Hernandez crocheted the now-famous poncho for Martha Stewart in the minimum-security prison camp in Alderson, W. Va. We at Interweave Press hope that Ms. Hernandez knows how appreciative the crochet audience is of the national spotlight that her gift and creativity have inspired. Our Freedom Poncho is a result of that inspiration. Interweave Press is also donating subscriptions to several of its magazines along with a variety of its knitting and crochet books to the prison facility in Alderson, W. Va."
I have a feeling that many of you will be happy with the above.
Have a nice evening,
Els