1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
I am still discovering the answer to this question. I DO love things that are soft–I guess I am a very tactile person! I am not so much a fan of things with a lot of fuzz–I don’t like the “halo” effect on the finished product.
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?
Right now I use a bunch of plastic shoe boxes–pathetic, I know. I need to work on that!
3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
I have been knitting for a year (I started in mid-February of 2006). I decided I wanted to learn and so my mom gave me a gift certificate to my LYS at the time for a beginner’s knitting class. My first project in that class was a hat that I knit in the round. I would definitely consider my skill level to be beginner. The past year has been extraordinarily busy and I haven’t had as much time as I would like to pick up my pointy sticks.
4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
Yes, I have an Amazon list and a Froogle list (see my blog profile).
5. What’s your favorite scent?
Chocolate, baking bread, baking cookies, grapefruit.
6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
YES!!! ANYTHING chocolate, especially dark chocolate.
7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
Crochet, origami, sewing, painting, sketching, anything I can learn to do out of an interesting craft book. I haven’t learned to spin yet.
8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
I love just about anything, except heavy metal and rap. The rest is fair game: rock, jazz, blues, country, classical, R&B, . . . .
9. What’s your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can’t stand?
I love all colors. Red is probably my favorite (a deep wine red). Though I love color combos like: pink and green, pink and orange, bright blue and red, bright pink and blue, etc.
10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
I am married to my husband of 5 years and have a baby girl who was born in December of 2006. We have 2 cats.
11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?
Yes to all 4.
12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
I don’t know yet! I guess whatever it is I am trying out at the moment.
13. What are you knitting right now?
A bag to felt.
14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
Yes.
15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
I don’t know if I have a preference, but I have done a lot of knitting on circs. I like bamboo needles for more slippery yarns and aluminum needles for the rest.
16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
Not yet!
17. How old is your oldest UFO?
6 months old.
18. What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas.
19. Is there anything that you collect?
Cookbooks, knitting books, Japanese craft books, anything French (I am a Francophile and Japanophile), and tea cups.
20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
So many that it is too hard to count! I have been scheming to get my hands on a good stitchionary and a good trouble shooting book for knitting and for crochet. Right now I don’t have any magazine subscriptions. :-( They are harder to come by here in Japan. So I am going through a magazine drought.
21. Are there any new techniques you’d like to learn?
Knitting lace. Knitting socks. Cables.
22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
Not yet! I have a woman’s size 8 foot.
23. When is your birthday?
January 23rd.
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