Me Me Me....

cathi tagged me so i wouldn't feel left out.  thanks cathi. 

1. Do you knit continental or English? i'm definitely a "thrower."  my mother tried to teach me to knit continental, which is how she knits, but i could never "get it" due to the fact that my left hand is pretty much useless. i'm anti-ambidextrous.  that's probably why i caught on to crochet sooner -- all my left hand has to do in crochet is hold the yarn.

2. How long ago did you learn to knit? i learned how to knit when i was 7.  but i didn't really start knitting until i was in highschool.

3. First FO? a boxy cropped turtleneck sweater from vogue knitting circa 1980 or so.  one of those "very easy very vogue" patterns.  it was the first thing i made from start to finish by myself.  up until then,  i would work on things with my mother.  she would cast on and off, do all of the shaping and i would do the straight knitting. 

4. Favorite yarn? i like to knit with wool best of all but i like cotton too.  or blends.  i'm really not picky.  as i've said before, i'll even use acrylic.  because yes, i love yarn.  all yarns as long as they come in pretty colors and aren't too novelty-like.  i definitely prefer smooth yarns.  i'm currently obsessed with noro, but i would never make a whole sweater in it because of the horizontal striping action. 

5. Favorite pattern? i don't think i have a favorite.  i love them all equally ;)

6. Favorite pattern source?  books.  i buy way too many books.  i love books.  although i've made a few things from knitty, i'm still attached to my books and magazines like vogue knitting and IK. 

6.5 Favorite knitting book for technique/reference (of any kind- general, fair isle etc)? (I'm answering this one, too!) Vogue Knitting and my 4 alice starmore books (which i've read like novels although i don't believe i've made anything from them).

7. Favorite needles?  metal straights, sometimes circulars.  but almost always metal.  i like the sound they make.  i  have a set of denises which i like but use mostly for travel or in a pinch when i don't have a metal circular.  i hate plastic needles.  and dpns.  i'm going to have to learn the magic loop if i'm ever going to learn how to make socks.   

8. Nicest thing you’ve ever knit? hmmm that's hard.  because i tend to undervalue what i've done.  there was a time though after college where i really tried some challenging stuff, kind of pushed my skills a little and those sweaters are probably the nicest sweaters i ever made.  i still wear some of them.  i've been somewhat lazy lately. 

9.  Most hated project?  i never finish anything that i hate while i'm knitting it.  patterns with typos or convoluted directions drive me crazy, so i'm apt to drop a project if i run across too many typos (ahem cough cough IK cough cough) or if directions are unclear.   

i'm not passing this along.  i'm too lazy today and i feel crappy (i'm at home sick) and it's going to snow AGAIN and that is just too much snow.