The coordinators over at the Lacevember KAL posted this little questionaire, so here you go:
The knitting questions, or the usual suspects
How long have you been knitting?
i've been knitting for around 3 years now.
How did you learn to knit?
i knew how to crochet, but i wanted to make socks and couldn't find a
crochet pattern for them. i picked up a copy of Knit It! magazine that had
an article on knitting socks in it and learned from that. yep, my very
first project was a pair of socks.
Favorite thing about knitting?
there are a ton of things that i love about knitting, but i think that my
favorite is the feeling of accomplishment that floods over me when i finish up a
really gorgeous project.
How long have you been knitting lace?
i finished my first lace object (a stole from Lionbrand) in October of 2004.
Favorite thing about knitting lace.
BLOCKING!!! i love the magic trick of going from something that looks like
a wad of yarn to a beautiful piece of finished lace.
The yarn questions, or flash your stash
Favorite lace yarn?
Jade Sapphire's Lacey Lamb--it's terribly fine, but it feels like butter.
it makes every other laceweight i've ever used feel like steel wool in
comparison.
variegated or solids for shawls?
as a rule, i do NOT like variegated yarn for shawls--i feel that they tend
to obscure the lace work. now, the yarn that i'm using for the HBDS is
variegated, but quite tonal, and the color changes are very subtle.
Favorite lace color?
i love my lace in jewel tones. this (and the variegated yarn answer)
isn't true of lace socks--anything goes with socks.
Technique, or show us your skillz
Circs or straights?
cirs all the way.
Favorite lace knitting trick?
taping the pattern to a cookie sheet and using it as a magnet board.
adding lifelines with interchangeable needle sets like the Boye or knitpicks set
is a snap if you thread the lifeline yarn through the hole used tightening the
needle with the little key-thing.
Lifelines? If so with what?
i don't use them like i should--i'm sorta renegade with the lace knitting.
but, on the occasion that i do use them, i use Aunt Lydia's Crochet Cotton--is
smooth and skinny.
Fancy blocking wires, or just sewing pins stuck in your carpet?
i've got my eyes out for some blocking wires, buy until then, i use lengths
of mercanized cotton in place of wires--it works fairly well.
Pattern, or can you follow directions
shawls or lacey items?
i love love love shawls. i think that it's the romance around them.
triangle, rectangle, or circular shawls?
they all have their merits. i think that rectangular shawls may be the
most easily worn.
Charts or printed instructions?
CHARTS CHARTS CHARTS CHARTS (can you tell i've got a preference?)
Favorite lace you've knit?
i think that the HBDS wins this one, even if i'm not 100%
finished with it yet.
Favorite lace you want to knit?
i've been checking out the Wedding Ring Shawl from Heirloom Knitting.
lordy, it would be a lot of work, but how gorgeous is it?
Just Fun, yup that's right, just for fun
Favorite jelly belly flavor?
Juicy Pear
Tell me everything you know about Eric the Red.....
He was a pagan; he had red hair; he was the father of Leif, first
viking to explore Vinland in NA...
Coke, classic or with lime?
eh, if one of these two is my only choice, then with limey goodness
Holiday carols, sing along, or wish they would be banned from all public
airwaves?
Sing along...loudly...with total abandon...even in the grocery store
What is the definition of irony?
i always though O'Henry's Gift of the Magi to be the perfect example
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?
i actually tested this when i was a much younger kate. iirc, it was
some where around 114 or so
Why is my cat always puking in front of my son's bedroom door?
the cat has a sick sense of humor
What is your superhero power?
static electricity control and empathy
If the laundry is 9 foot by 11 foot (just dreaming, that's a big laundry room),
and the walls are 8 feet tall, and you are going to tile the entire room in
tiles that are 3 inches by 5 inches, what color should those tiles be?
the color that is on sale...that's a lot of tile.
What's for dinner tonight?
left-overs and oven roasted veggies
What is clogging my children's bathtub drain?
maybe you should talk to the cat....