Woot! Secret Pal is starting again! SP10 was such a blast, so I am really looking forward to this round. For the eyes of my new snooping spoiler, my answers to the SP11 Questionnaire:
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?
I have an awesome needle roll that my SP10 pal gave me for my straight needles. The rest of my needles and hooks are in 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 and a half (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 (under the name “Fuji Mama”) 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, pop, jazz, blues, country, classical, R&B, . . . .
9. What’s your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can’t stand?
I love color! 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 1/2 years and have a baby girl who was born in December of 2006. We have 2 cats–Neko (12 years old) and Noodle (2 years old).
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?
I am about to start a pair of leg warmers from One Skein by Leigh Radford.
14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
Yes, I love them!
15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
I don’t know if I have a preference at this point, but I have done a lot of knitting on circs. I have knit on bamboo needles and aluminum and liked both. I have never used plastic needles before.
16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
I have a yarn winder, but not a swift.
17. How old is your oldest UFO?
About 1 1/2 months–I have yet to finish seeming 1 of 2 baby booties that I knit up, I gotta get to that!
18. What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas.
19. Is there anything that you collect?
Cookbooks, anything French (I am a Francophile and a 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?
Oh, that is a dangerous question! I have been dying to try out some Shibui sock yarn and get a set of Knit Picks Options needles and Interchangeable Needle Cables. I would love to get my hands on Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Pi Shawl pattern, or any other great shawl pattern. I would always love to get my hands on any of the Knit Picks yarns–especially because they don’t ship internationally! 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?
Lace, socks, and 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 23.
24. Are you on Ravelry? If so, what’s your ID?
Yes! My ID is “fujimama”.
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