For my Knitty SP - #2

Sensible shoes or Jimmy Choos?
What's not sensible about Jimmy Choos?

Stripes, solids or lace?
No stripes, please!

Hardcore hiking, nature walks or in café sipping a mocha?
Café sipping a mocha

Do you say “Soda” or “Pop”?
Soda

What magazines do you subscribe to?
Interweave Knits

If Nancy is twice as old as Karen and Karen is 1/3 as old as Jackie…just kidding.
Nancy is the same age as Jackie

If you could live anywhere, where would that be?
I do live where I want to live

If you could do anything for a living, what would that be?
Win the lotto

Swear like a sailor or clean as a whistle?
Clean as a whistle in English, I can swear like a sailor in Italian

For my KnittySP5 - #1

1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer high-end/natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you?
I am very much a yarn snob

2. Do you spin? Crochet?
I tried to spin and gave up. I can crochet, but I do not enjoy it much.

3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.)
No

4. How long have you been knitting?
Since I was a teenager.

5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
Yes, check my blog.

6. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc.)
I do not care for candles, and I am kind of a snob for personal products too - I use only organic products. I like citrus scents.

7. Do you have a sweet tooth?
I love sour candies.

8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do?
None.

9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
My computer can play anything and I like light rock.

10. What's your favorite color? Or--do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer?
Purple, reds and browns. Warm colors. No pastels.

11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
No pets, two children are enough!

12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know)
Something involving yarn? Win the lottery and knit all the time! Other than that, I am really happy with my life.

13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?
Malabrigo and Lorna's Laces.

14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
Acrylic.

15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s?
Lace and uncommon fibers like soy silk and bamboo.

16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
I like to knit everything!

17. What are you knitting right now?
Click here.

18. What do you think about ponchos?
Love them for my daughter, would never wear one myself.

19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
Straight.

20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
Aluminum.

21. Are you a sock knitter?
Yes!

22. How did you learn to knit?
My mom taught me.

23. How old is your oldest UFO?
Several months.

24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird?
Tweedy bird.

25. What is your favorite holiday?
My birthday.

26. Is there anything that you collect?
Yarn, of course!

27. Any projects you want to make but haven't gotten there yet?
Click here.

For my KnittySP5

FACTS:
Knittyboard user name: lux2night

KNITTING & FIBERS:
1. What is your current skill level (beginner/adv. Beginner/intermediate etc.): advanced
2. What are your favorite fiber colors? Purple, pink, reds and browns
3. Are there any fiber colors you absolutely do NOT like? If so which? Pastels
4. What are your favorite fibers? Yes, the expensive ones - merino, soysilk, bamboo.
5. Do you have any unwelcome fibers (stuff you just don't need more of or like?) 100% acrylic
6. What is your Dream Yarn? SWTC Karaoke and Lobster Pot Yarns
7. How do you feel about novelty fibers (both the yarns and the items made with them)? Do not care much for them.
8. What is the next thing you want to learn (techniques etc.) on the needles? Felting.
9. What item(s) do you knit the most? Take a look at my finished objects gallery - scarves?

WANTS & NOTS:
10. Allergies: Do you have any food, fiber, smoke, pet allergies your SP should be aware of? No.
11. Do you have an Amazon.com or knitpicks.com wishlist you'd like to
share with your SP? If so please add the URL:
Click here and here.
12. What is on your Cool Stuff Wishlist (knitting or not): Anything to keep my needles organized.
13. What about stuff you don't need at all? Straight needles.
14. Do you have hobbies other than knitting (tv, sports, collectibles, fave things)? No.
15. Books you would like (knitting or not): Click here and here.
16. For those of you who live outside the US, is there anything you'd like that you can't get your hands on? Nope, but anything local would do it.
17. In the event your SP lives outside the the US, is there a particular yarn,
etc. you can't find in the US? Phildar stuff? But I would not know which one.

FAVORITES:
18. Who/What is your favorite...
Chocolate: dark
Muppet: none
Flower: lily
Ice Cream flavor: cherry garcia
Fragrance: citrus
Shoes to wear: Italian
Type of garden: uhm? the one that grows yarn?
Animal: cat
Beverage: espresso

RORSCHACH ETC:
19. If you were candy would you be sweet, sour, or cinnamon? very sour
20. If you were a fruit which would you be? peach
21. Are you a Java Junkie? yes!
22. Your birthday, in case it falls during the swap and your SP wants to send
you a card: Dec 3rd
23. Do you have a personal mantra?
Work like you don't need the money
Love like you have never been hurt
Dance like nobody is watching
Live like it's heaven on earth.
24. How do you really feel about socks? I love them.
25. What is your shoe size? 9
26. What kind of music (and/or which artists) do you listen to when you are happy? REM
27. Rate yourself on a girly/fruh fruh factor from 1 - 10: 7
28. What languages do you speak (besides English)? Italian
29. If you could have any "super power" which would it be? Cure cancer.
30. You're given $10,000 for traveling. Where do you go and why? Italy, yarn and shoes shopping.
31. How frequently would you like to hear from your SP, and what kind of contact would you prefer? It's really up to them - I love comments on my blog, so that would be fantastic. PM's are very nice too. The SP thread on Knitty tends to get really big so something it is difficult to spot a msg there.