Questionnaire
1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
- I love knitting with soft wools and alpacas. Like so many people, I first learned to knit on cheap acrylic yarn, and it still feels so luxurious to knit on anything else. I don't really like knitting with anything too scratchy, but that's a pretty subjective term... I like it to be soft and pretty.
2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?
-Funny you should ask. I just spent a portion of my weekend reorganizing my circular needles by putting them in baggies with lables and arranged them in order by size in a plastic box, never again will I have to dig through all of them again, needle size gauge in hand... My straight needles (which I hardly ever use) are in the bottom of a box, but I'm hoping to get around to sewing a roll for them one of these days. Oh, and I just got the Denise kit, so that's my life better!
3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
- I learned to knit in the cold harsh winters of my freshman year at St Olaf College in Northfield, MN. And that was 6 years ago? I would consider myself to be an intermediate knitter, I'm just now embarking on my first sweater for myself, it should be exciting.
4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
-Of course I do! And it primarily exists of all the fabulous knitting books I hear about on knitting podcasts...
5. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products, etc.)
- Vanilla (or anything else in the baked-goods genre). I don't like floral scents, they make me sneeze...
6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
- Do I ever! I pretty much require a daily dose of ice cream. My favorite candy are peanut butter cups.
7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
-I enjoy sewing and am currently taking a tailoring class at a local community college. I'm also thinking about trying embroidery, but I'm not sure I have the patience for it. I love assembling furniture...
8. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand?
- My favorite colors are probably blue and red, but not neccessarily together. I like jewel-tones. I don't own anything yellow, that's definitely not my color.
9. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
-I'm a single lady of 24, enjoying a love/hate relationship with all the freedoms and choices and unknowns of this age. Why didn't anyone warn me that the world wasn't waiting for me? -No pets for me, I'm allergic to cats (oh, that's a good note, if my purse comes from a cat-home, can you please make sure it's cleanable (washable or drycleanable) somehow so that I will be able to use it without sneezing?)
10. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
-Anything more challenging than my last project. I'm all about building skills right now, so I love taking on a new project and trying to figure it out.
11. What are you knitting right now?
- I'm working on a third scarf for the Red Scarf Project
- The Nantucket Jacket (from the winter issue of Interweave)
- A pink and white sweater for my niece that's been on hold until I figure out what I'm doing...
12. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
I definitely prefer circular needles, but I don't think I have a strong preference for material, I guess it depends on the kind of yarn.
13. Is there anything that you collect?
Clutter - but not actively. :-)
Well, that was probably more than you needed to know. I'm really looking forward to this swap!
