Hello, my ragtime gal...

More swap stuff. Seems I made it onto the list for a coffee swap. Just in time for the holidays, mor presents to put together!

1. WHOLE BEAN OR GROUND: ground. I don't have a grinder yet.
2. FULLY-LOADED OR DECAF: Caffeine, please.
3. REGULAR OR FLAVORED: Regular...not a fan of flavoured stuff
4. HOW DO YOU DRINK YOUR COFFEE: black...or with bailey's on the weekends :)
5. FAVORITE COFFEE EVER: the first one in the morning
6. ARE YOU FUSSY ABOUT YOUR COFFEE OR WILL ANY OLD BEAN DO: I like the good stuff.
7. FAVORITE TREATS TO HAVE WITH YOUR COFFEE: Coffee cake or spice cookies
8. ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT YOUR COFFEE PREFERENCES: Not that I can think of
9. YARN/FIBER YOU LOVE: I love plain old wool. Of course, I wouldn't throw cashmere out of bed for eating crackers...
10. YARN/FIBER YOU HATE: Synthetics
11.WHAT'S ON YOUR NEEDLES: A little bit of everything. Socks, scarves, baby stuff (everyone at work is pregnant)
12. FAVORITE COLORS: No neons... Brown, blue, purple, pink...those are currently my favourites.
13. ALLERGIES: Bergamot (I know this isn't a tea swap, but thought I'd say it just the same)
14. ANYTHING YOU REALLY LOVE, REALLY DON'T LIKE, OR JUST NEED TO GET OFF YOUR CHEST: I dream about good sock yarn. Really.

KSKS2

I joined Scout's Knit Mitt Kit Swap! Really looking forward to putting together a package for my partner! (and, of course, seeing what I get to play with, too!)


KSKS2 swap questionnaire:

What are your favorite colors? blues, pinks, browns. I really don't like bright colours, and orange is really not my friend.

Are you a new mitt knitter? How long have you been knitting mittens? Knitting them since last winter.

Do you prefer solid or multicolored yarn? Um, either. I love hand-dyed stuff the best.

What fibers do you prefer in mitten yarn? Anything natural. Wool is the warmest for Canadian winters. :)

Where do you usually knit mittens? At home, in front of the TV.

How do you usually carry/store small projects? Zippered plastic bag that originally had pillowcases in it. Hey, it works!

What are your favorite mitten patterns? Whatever one creates warm functional mittens

What are your favorite mitten knitting techniques? 2 circs...same as socks!

What new techniques would you like to try? Scandinavian mitts, I think. I've only done basic ones so far.

What are your favorite needles for knitting mittens? Addis. I have some Lantern Moon DPNs that I love, too.

What are some of your favorite yarns? Koigu, Socks That Rock, Malabrigo, DB Baby Cashmerino (hey, it knits up well, and feels soft, controversy aside...)

What yarn do you totally covet? Claudia's Handpainted or Vesper

Any pattern you would love to make if money and time were no object? The long Koigu coat (dunno its actual name)

Favorite kind of needles (brand, materials, straights or circs, etc)? Addi Turbo circs or Lantern Moon DPNs

If you were a specific kind of yarn, which brand and kind of yarn would you be? Handmaiden Cashmere (pretty colours, and oh, so soft)

Do you have a favorite candy or mail-able snack? Mmmm. I love gummy candy or dark chocolate.

What’s your favorite animal? Cats, especially big ones (leopards and panthers and the like)

Would you prefer super warm mittens or something more like fingerless mitts? Super warm mittens (again, I'm Canadian!)

If you were a color what color would you be? True blue, baby!

What is your most inspiring image, flower, or object in nature? I love orchids. I grow them in my apartment.

Do you have a wishlist? Not yet. Just the one in my head.

Anything else you’d like to share with the group today? This is my all-time favourite joke:

Two atoms were walking down the street one day.
The first atom turned to the second one and said "I think I've lost an electron".
The second one said "Oh, no! Are you sure?"
The first atom replied "Yeah, I'm positive."

Hee Hee.

swamped

not literally, of course.

I've gone back to school - through work, I'm upgrading my paramedic skills to advanced care. That means I get a few new tricks, a few new meds, and lots more to remember. It's a pretty intense course, so my knitting has (sob!) been pretty minimal lately. I have received two swap packages in the past week - my knitter's tea swap, which came from Kirsten in Denmark (I don't believe that she has a blog), and my Hot Socks swap, from Linda in Norway(also blogless). They each sent me some lovely balls of opal sock yarns in various pinks and browns (which I love) , as well as delicious teas and other treats. I unfortunately have no photos of the packages, though, because I may have been a bit too excited to open and use the stuff inside. In any case, very much appreciated. Now I'm waiting for the Coffee and Knitting swap to start (on swap-bot). Soon, my pretties...

Um...hello?

Okey. First post. I'm wicked tired and really just trying this whole blogging thing out. I found out just a bit too late that the whole Secret Pal exchange thing is non-blogger exclusionary. This made me sad. I really wanted to play those games. However, I did lock onto the knitter's tea swap and the Hot Socks swap on Swap-Bot. No packages have arrived yet (until I see it in action, I'm not convinced that some random stranger will actually send me fun stuff in the mail), but I did send out the tea swap one. It's going to Chicago. I've got some time before the Hot Socks package has to be mailed, and I'm waiting for my partner gives me more information on what she likes (I wouldn't want her to not like the stuff I sent. That would blow goats.) Um... that's it for now. The photo, incidentally, would be half of my girl cat in a Pi (catnip may or may not have been involved.)