Thanks, Trek, and a Meme

I’m too lazy to put the batteries in the camera, but I promise to do so in the next few days.  Trek had a contest that I won, and yesterday there was a fabu sock bag (she’ll swap one for yarn…go check them out!) with two cakes of sock yarn in them.  I love soft, squishy packages in my mail box!

The Dye-O-Rama Mamas came up with a great meme idea, so here’s mine:

Do you prefer solid or multicolored yarn?  That depends on the project.  For sock yarn I like multicolored a lot, even monochromatic multicolored is pretty cool.

If your buddy is able to do so, would you like a variegated, self-striping, or self-patterning yarn?  No preference.  I like variegated more than anything, I’d say, but I’m just tickled to have something dyed for me.

Would you be interested in a wool blend sock yarn (nylon, tencel, silk, acrylic, alpaca, etc.)?  Sure.  I’m open to anything, though less so with acrylic than the others.

Imagine the perfect colorway. What would you name it? Johnny Cash Ain’t Afraid of Pink.

What was the biggest appeal to you for joining this dye-along?  I wanted to learn more about dyeing so that I could make my projects truly custom for the person receiving them (there you go…I don’t keep much of what I make).  Also, I bought three pounds of roving over the winter that I plan to dye this summer with my CT girls.  I want to know what I’m doing!

Have you dyed yarn/fiber before?  Yup, under the guidance of Scout.

If so, what’s your favorite dye and method? Um, Scout, what did we use?  We painted and microwaved the yarn.  I like the idea of painting it for even more control.

Do you spin? Yes.  I bought a wheel in February that I have yet to use, but the semester is about done!

Have you knit socks before? Yes.  When I first started knitting in the last millenium, then again this January.  Remember that unfinished Jaywalker?

Do you use sock yarn for just socks or in other patterns too?  For other patterns, too.  I’m making a Shadow Shawl using Koigu.

What are some of your favorite yarns? Koigu, Manos, Cascade 220.

What yarn do you totally covet? The one my pal is dyeing for me 😉

Favorite patterns? Weekend Knitting and Last Minute Knitted Gifts both have wonderful patterns.  I love Kate Gilbert’s designs.  LOVE. Them.

Any pattern you would love to make if money and time were no object? The cape in Cat Bordhi’s second mobius book.

Favorite kind of needles (brand, materials, straights or circs, etc)? Addi circulars

If you were a specific kind of yarn, which brand and kind of yarn would you be? Right now I’d be a hand painted sock yarn.

Do you have a favorite candy or mail-able snack?  Anything ginger rocks my world.

What’s your favorite animal? Hard to pick one.  Dogs, horses, giraffes, and beavers.

Do you have pets? What are their species/names/ages?  My pets live with Neal in CT, but Maddie is my daft border collie (maybe mixed with beagle).  She’s a little over two years old.  I adopted her right after I moved to NM.  Tilly is Neal’s dog, but I consider her mine, too.  She’s just over three and is a Aussie cattle dog and German Shepard mix.  She’s super smart and beautiful.

If you were a color what color would you be?  Black.

Describe your favorite shirt (yours or someone else’s).  Right now my favorite is a thin, white cotton tunic from Ann Taylor.  It’s tres elegant over my bathing suit or with wide-legged slacks, or a tank top and jeans. 

What is your most inspiring image, flower, or object in nature?  Ferns.  Any body of water, but especially streams running through woods, the Hudson River, and the ocean.

Tell me the best quote you’ve ever heard or read.  “Never complain, never explain” –Coco Chanel

Do you have a wishlist? Yup, on Amazon.

Anything else you’d like to share with the group today?  I had my last fiction workshop of my MFA career tonight.  My last one.  I’m astonished by that and sad, too.  This party of the dream had to end sometime, right?