Knitting Questions from Someone Else's Blog

Lacking anything else to really write and considering I have a little extra time (my car died this morning, so I had to catch a ride home when I could which meant that I didn't get to stay at work and finish up stuff and was home early), I stole a page from Suna's blog and did this:

1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like? It depends on what I'm making. I really did love working with some Bamboo yarn, just yummy to work with. I also like Cotton Fleece (by Lamb's Pride) a lot. I'd like to do something in hemp, but I'd need to find a small project since it tends to be a bit spendy.

2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in? Seriously? They are mostly in half completed projects. :0 But when not tied up in yarn, I usually keep them in a case that I have, although I feel like I am comstantly looking for a better system -- anyone?

3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced? Ha! Good question! I became interested in knitting after attending a LLL International conference where all my friends were busy knitting socks and I thought that was just just the coolest thing and wanted to do it. So I picked a Learn to Knit Socks leaflet (which I didn't realize had been authored by a LLL Leader) and taught myself how -- yes, that's right the first knitted thing I ever made was a pair of socks!! They actually turned out pretty good too. I'd consider myself an advanced beginner, I can do cabling now and some complex stitches, but I can't read graphed patterns, only line by line ones.

4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list? I've got an Amazon one, but I use it mostly to keep track of books that I want to buy -- interesting to go back and dig through the layers of books that interested me once upon a time.

5. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products, etc.) I like lavendar and vanilla. I also like crisp scents like cucumber and melon.

6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy? YES! My coworkers would say ANYTHING CHOCOLATE!

7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin? I'd love to spin, but lack the equipment or funds to get started. I have done a considerable about of scrapbooking, but even that is on the back burner these days.

8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? All different stuff - lots of songwriter stuff, folk and rock, some more modern stuff. I use Napster on the computer and my phone has an mp3 player that use when I'm out and about.

9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand? I go through different phases - for a while it was purple, then it was green, lately it's been gray and red, but I think I'm heading back to green a bit.

10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets? I live with dh and our 2 kids: 9yo daughter and 7 yo son. We have 2 cats: Peanut and Jelly. We are on the waiting list for a prison pup (we will be weekend puppy raisers for a service dog program with our local correctional institute)

11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos? Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit? Bags. Booga Bags to be specific.

13. What are you knitting right now? From The Purl Stitch, the Not-In-The-Round Round Scarf (more like a short poncho), a Prayer Shawl, a bag from Two Old Bags.

14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts? definitely

15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Always circular (except for socks), Addi Turbos are my favorite - followed by bamboo. The only plastic that I like are my Denise needles.

16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift? no, neither :(

17. How old is your oldest UFO? I have an irish sweater that I started when dh was diagosed with heart problems - a few years back.

18. What is your favorite holiday? Summer - is that a holiday? seems like it to me.

19. Is there anything that you collect? not really

20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have? not really. But honestly, I haven't been to a yarn store in ages - too depressing not have the funds to buy the fun stuff.

21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn? I would like to learn how to read a graph.

22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements? yes, but not as obsessively as my friend, Suna. :) I'm about a 7 1/2-8

23. When is your birthday? Jan. 26, '68. And if you remember that you are doing better than the other adult that lives in this house.