Daily Archives: May 31, 2008

13. Do you collect anything?
You mean besides yarn? No, but I could start – what’s a good thing to collect?  next day: wait!  I do collect a few things.  I collect Laurel Burch cat things, and pottery, and baskets.  I didn’t realize they were “collections” until I looked around my house.

14. Do you have a yarn winder and/or swift?
No, no I don’t.

15. Do you love sweets? What are your favorites?
I can’t eat sweets, or really any carbohydrates. It’s okay though, by following a strict diet and walking around my neighborhood I’ve successfully lost 65 pounds and lowered my blood sugar from 500 to normal.

16. What are your favorite scents?
What a great question!! I like the smells of gardenia, grapefruit, lemon, patchouli, rose, honey, olive oil, and cats sleeping in the sun.

17. Where do you keep your needles/hooks?
I have most of my circulars in a bulgingly overflowing needle holder, and then a few straight needles are in a mug.

18. Do you have a wishlist (Amazon, Etsy, etc?)
I wish for world peace. More on this later.  Later: I wish for shirts that fit.  I’ve dropped from a size 18 to 10, and I’m going broke replacing my entire wardrobe.  I have basic neutral stuff, but no bright summery tees or other shirts – my heart cries out for red! orange! hotmama colors!

19. Having a birthday this summer?
Not till September.

20. Are you allergic to anything??? Please let your pal know!
codeine, asprin, tequila, and rudeness.

9.   What is your oldest UFO?
A pair of socks that I started over a year ago.
10.  Are there any techniques that you want to learn?
Lace!!
11.  Are you on Ravlery? What’s your ID?
My Ravelry name is Tamsie
12.  Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
That depends on the meaning of “are.”  I “am” a sock knitter, in the sense that I have about ten balls of sock yarn and have started no fewer than four pairs of socks.  Two were abandoned (temporarily!!) when I discovered how much I preferred Magic Loop to dpns.  One was abandoned to start a pair for my daughter.  And the fourth pair may actually get done this summer – I’m almost done the first sock and it looks extremely socklike!
So, yeah goshdarnit, I’m a sock knitter.  I just haven’t technically finished any socks yet . . .

My foot measurements?  I’ll get back to you on that.  I wear a size nine and a half, and I have “duck feet” – narrow heels and wide in the front.  Numbers to follow.

9.   What is your oldest UFO?
A pair of socks that I started over a year ago.
10.  Are there any techniques that you want to learn?
Lace!!
11.  Are you on Ravlery? What’s your ID?
My Ravelry name is Tamsie
12.  Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
That depends on the meaning of “are.”  I “am” a sock knitter, in the sense that I have about ten balls of sock yarn and have started no fewer than four pairs of socks.  Two were abandoned (temporarily!!) when I discovered how much I preferred Magic Loop to dpns.  One was abandoned to start a pair for my daughter.  And the fourth pair may actually get done this summer – I’m almost done the first sock and it looks extremely socklike!
So, yeah goshdarnit, I’m a sock knitter.  I just haven’t technically finished any socks yet . . .

My foot measurements?  I’ll get back to you on that.  I wear a size nine and a half, and I have “duck feet” – narrow heels and wide in the front.  Numbers to follow.