SP6 Questionaire

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?
[k] I am a bit of a yarn snob. See #14 please.

2. Do you spin? Crochet?
[K] I crochet but haven't invested in spinning, although I did it in college.

3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.)
[k] Perfumes (most), smoke (all).

4. How long have you been knitting?
[k] 28 years

5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
[k] Amazon

6. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc.)
[k] cinnamon = candles, I'm super picky on bath products because scents give me headaches easily (I know - such a pain in the neck!)

7. Do you have a sweet tooth?
[k] Only for good dark chocolate. I don't like anything gummy and can't stand licorice.

8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do?
[k] Sewing, embroidery, beading, cooking, gardening, every fix-it job that pops up that I can fix, stripping and painting my furniture, entertaining.

9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
[k] I love music.
Jazz, swing, blues (Norah Jones, Louis Armstrong, Keely Smith, Ella & Billy, Madeleine Peyroux, Jaimi Cullum, Leon Redbone, Miles Davis, Michael Buble, )
Indie/alternative/world (Jack Johnson, Loreena McKennit, Jill SObule, Jonatha Brooke, Kate Bush, Loudon Wainright, Lucinda Williams, Hank Kim, Nicole McKenna, Minnie Driver (yes the actres), No Doubt, Wilco...)
R & B/Funk (Joss Stone,James Brown, Jamiroquai, Macy Gray, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding
Rock (Rolling Stone, Eagles, Kansas, Citizen Cope, journey, Beatles, Aerosmith, John Mayer, Kinks, Joe Walsh, Lynard SKynard...)
A little country (Dixie Chicks, k.d. lang, Deana Carter, kasey chambers)
Classical (Josh Grobin, Sarah Brightman, Bach, Mozart etc...)
Latin (Cesaria Evora, Nil Lara, Compay Segunda...)

10. What's your favorite color? Or--do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can't stand?
[k] Odd as it may sound being a NYC fashion designer -- and being that BLACK is actually this years BLACK -- I don't really like to wear too much black! And knitting it is hard on my eyes! I love earth tones! I also love green, pink, orange and blue! :-)

11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
[k] I'm single, dating a wonderful feller and now have 3 - yes 3 cats - Loco (11 yr old 1/2 blue pt/ 1/2 purple pt Siamese), Coco (9 month of Chocolate Bermese) and his brother Chanel (9 month old Chocolate Burmese). I may be destined to be that crazy old lady in NYC with too many cats. But when cats who need rescueing end up in my lap -- sometimes they come home with me! :-)

12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know)
More on this later... I've gotta get back to work!!

13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?
[k] Merino, cashmere - lux yarn. I like Cashmerino in fact. I also like Noro, and am dying to try some of the lux yarns from Knit Picks. I love most all wools.

14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
[k] Red Heart or it's equiv. in scratching itchy Acrylic. There are soft acrylics out there though. I have been trying to work with more natural fibers because they breath better for the wearer. That said - I knit a lot of baby suff in acrylic blends so that it's easy to care for.

15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s?
[k] Perfecting Intarsia and lace.

16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
I like children's clothing, socks, scarves, sweaters, hats etc...
Haven't really met anything I didn't like yet.

17. What are you knitting right now?
[k]a. Blanket squares for Katrina
b. A washcloth for Katrina (cotton sometimes makes my hands ache so I had to give it time off)
c. Baby booties for pals with babies on the way (gift toppers)
d. A shrug out of Bamboo yarn for me
e. A vest for a chrstmas gift
Both A & B are with me as I travel.

18. What do you think about ponchos?
I prefer Ruanas and have always liked shrugs...I have only one official poncho that I like (and designed)...it's a super fine cowlnecked knit that is thin and drapey and yummy.

19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
I like Circ's for train/subway/plane knitting especially.
But I love beautiful wooden straights!

20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
[k] Wood/bamboo are my fave...but they all work! I've been thinking of picking up the Denise set.

21. Are you a sock knitter?
[k] Yep!

22. How did you learn to knit?
[k] Good old Mom taught me when I was 4. I prefferred crochet for a long long time though.

23. How old is your oldest UFO?
[k] Must be atleast 5 years old. I began a beautiful sweater in intarsia and had to put it down when I became ill. Two years later when I was better, I had gained so much weight that I had gone from an XS to a size M... so it sits there on it needles still. Eventually I'll admit that I'll be this size for likely ever, never to return to even a size small -- and I'll frog it. (Amazing Italian wool too!) but until then my stubbornness wins out over logic.

24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird?
Hong Kong Fooey, Mighty Mouse

25. What is your favorite holiday?
Hmmm -- Halloween - because I'm a big ham and LOVE to dress up!!!
Thanksgiving or Christmas. I get to see family then and time with them is worth a million bucks. I took over Thanksgiving about 8 years ago so my house either has an intimate few or a rowdy bunch depending on who's left in NYC!
Christmas gives me a chance to spoil my folks without my Mom getting upset with me. :-)

26. Is there anything that you collect?
Friends, PEZ dispensers, vintage patterns from the 30s, 40s & 50s and... seemingly... yarn.

27. What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
[k] Creative knitting, Rowan International Membership. I keep meaning to buy Interweave Knits -- but it just hasn't happened yet.

28. Any books out there you are dying to get your hands on?
Nancie Wiseman's book The Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques - I've been told it's wonderful

29. Any patterns you have been coveting, but haven't bought for one reason or another??
Not that comes to my jet-lagged mind, but I'm always in the market for vintage patterns from the 30's, 40s and 50s.

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