I deceided to knit up a little treat for myself. I found the pattern at http://lizzi.freeservers.com/leavesponcho.html and fell in love with it on site! I deceided to to mine without the fringe because it's just a little too tempting for my cats to play with. lol Here's how it turned out: close up of the falling leaves:
Definitly bookmark it cerridwen! It's really fast to knit up and it's actually pretty easy to knit up.