1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer higher quality and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you?
a) I am a yarn snob. I much prefer natural fibers. There are a few exceptions, however. Lion Brand Homespun produces such a soft fabric, I will occasionally use it to make a quick one or two winter scarf. Just cause it feels good. I also use their Kool Wool.
2. Do you spin? Crochet?
a) I do crochet, quite well in fact, and I love old wooden crochet hooks. I can spin, though I haven't practiced it much in the past few years, but I plan on getting some roving and taking it back up.
3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.)
a) I don't like the smell of smoke, and angora makes me itch like crazy.
4. How long have you been knitting?
a) I learned to knit over twenty years ago, but I have only been knitting consistently, using any technique other than garter and stockinette stitch, for about three years.
5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
a) Yes, my Amazon wish list can be found here.
6. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc).
a) Lavender, Linen, and just about any tropical scent. I avoid food scents with the exception of cinnamon.
7. Do you have a sweet tooth?
a) Absolutely. I love milk chocolate, gummy bears, jelly bellys, peanut butter cups (yummy)!
8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do?
a) Crochet and cross stitch mainly.
9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
a) Yes, my computer plays MP3's (as does my iPod and my iPAQ). Sarah McLachlan is probably my favorite. I also like Dido, Jem, Josh Groban, Lucy Kaplansky, Lucinda Williams, Vienna Teng, Sting (this could go on for a while).
10. What's your favorite color? Or--do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can't stand?
a) Pink, all shades. Purple, lavender, blue, green, burgundy, gold. (Such a royal palette)! I am not a fan of orange.
11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
a) I live with my husband and three school age children. I have two Bichon Frises and an obese guinea pig.
12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know)
a) I love learning. I hope all of my children with grow to appreciate and love learning as I do, and continue to find awe and wonder in the world around them.
13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?
a) Wool is number one. I also like Alpaca, silk and cotton as well as blends of those mentioned above. I am not a fan of acrylics.
14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
a) Cheap synthetics. Angora makes me itch.
15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s?
a) Lace and socks.
16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
a) Stoles, wraps, and socks.
17. What are you knitting right now?
a) Several stoles and scarves, and some socks (Duh)!
18. What do you think about ponchos?
a) I like them, but I haven't completed any (started some, though).
19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
a) Circular!
20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
a) Addis and Bamboo.
21. Are you a sock knitter?
a) Yep!
22. How did you learn to knit?
a) My mama!
23. How old is your oldest UFO?
a) Almost a year (sorry again, Amy)!
24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird?
a) I like white fluffy animals, hence the Bichon's and "whitelamb". The guinea pig is just fluffy!
25. What is your favorite holiday?
a) Christmas. (I am pretty conventional).
26. Is there anything that you collect?
a) Fiber, antique sewing and crafting tools, old sampler patterns for cross stitch.
27. What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
a) IK, Vogue, Rowan. I would love to have Rebecca!
28. Any books out there you are dying to get your hands on?
a) Any of the Alice Starmore pattern books. (Hey, a girl can dream, right)?
~Knitting Lace: A Workshop with Patterns and Projects.
~Poetry in Stitches. Got it!
~A Treasury of Knitting Patterns, Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns, Charted Knitting Designs: A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns, A Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns, all by Barbara Walker.
~Anything on my Amazon Wishlist!
By no means all inclusive, I would be thrilled with any of the above mentioned books.