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?
I have plenty of Red Heart/Lion Brand in my stash. I prefer wool & cotton blends. But of course I would take anything outside the ordinary as long as it doesn’t have eyelashes or dangly things hanging off. Not a big fan of novelty yarns.
2. Do you spin? Crochet?
I spin and crochet.
3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.)
I have problems with a lot of different perfumes, soaps, lotions,etc. But fibers & animals are fine.
4. How long have you been knitting?
I learned to knit in my teens but didn’t knit regularly until about 11 years ago.
5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
I will have the wishlists posted as links on the left sidebar of the blog soon. Knitpicks, amazon, etc.
6. What’s your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc.)
Anything citrus!
7. Do you have a sweet tooth?
Oh yeah!
8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do?
Whatever strikes my fancy. I love photography right now.
9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
I love alternative/indie/punk. Female artists of course are always good. Yeah, mp3’s are good.
10. What’s your favorite color? Or–do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can’t stand?
I love greens, turquoise, teals. Fall & winter colors really are my style. There isn’t really anything I can’t stand.
11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
Married with 3 kids, 2 rabbits (one angora).
12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know)
To own a yarn store. Plain and simple.
13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?
www.handpaintedyarn.com anything merino!
14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
novelty, eyelash-ey styles
15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s?
sweaters, fair isle, intarsia, lots of colors
16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
sweaters
17. What are you knitting right now?
multiple sweaters and socks
18. What do you think about ponchos?
After making close to a dozen last year I am done with ponchos!
19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
Circular please!
20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
That all depends on what you are knitting.
21. Are you a sock knitter?
Yes
22. How did you learn to knit?
We lived in Turkey in my young teen years and my mother hired a turkish friend to teach my sister and I.
23. How old is your oldest UFO?
10+ years, sweater for my husband, pieces are complete but not sewn together.
24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird?
None, I don’t have a favorite symbol.
25. What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas
26. Is there anything that you collect?
Not other than knitting items.
27. What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
vogue knitting, interweave knits
28. Any books out there you are dying to get your hands on?
Norsk strikkedesign
29. Any patterns you have been coveting, but haven’t bought for one reason or another??
Not really, no.
ETA: 30. What are your foot measurements, and what kind of socks do you like?
I like all socks! I wear a size 9 shoe, narrow feet.