1. Are you a yarn snob (do you prefer higher quality and/or natural fibers)? Do you avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand? Or is it all the same to you?
I tend to be a yarn snob and avoid Red Heart and Lion Brand, but I do use them on occasion. I don't, however, just purchase expensive yarn though-- I love knitpicks yarn and Elann's brand. I do tend to use only natural fibers or blends though, especially wool.
2. Do you spin? Crochet?
No and no
3. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, pets, fibers, perfume, etc.)
I have problems with smoke and certain perfumes, but no allergies to pets or fibers
4. How long have you been knitting?
I honestly can't remember. 3 or 4 years?
5. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
Yep, search for Lisa Youd at Amazon, and I also have a froogle wishlist:
Froogle Wishlist
Neither have been updated lately, so I'll try to do that this weekend :)
6. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products etc.)
orange, patchouli or anything from Pier One
7. Do you have a sweet tooth?
Yep, I LOVE dark chocolate, laffy taffy, lemon heads and sugar babies & daddies
I also love really good (though unflavored unless it's a holiday blend) coffee
8. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do?
I make soap and do a little scrapbooking
9. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
I listen mostly to rock/alternative and 80s, I can play MP3s
10. What's your favorite color? Or--do you have a color family/season/palette you prefer? Any colors you just can't stand?
I love all shades of green, autumn colors, jewel tones and earth tones
I really can't stand or wear pastels.
11. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
2 pets-- a yellow lab named Marzi, a cat named Patches and a dh, Jason
12. What are your life dreams? (really stretching it here, I know)
to be happy, have my knitting and my little (ok not so little) inspirational yarn stash
13. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with?
wools-- any and all, I love tweeds and I've been dying to get my hands on some more Cleckheaton Merino Supreme and Online Linie Marly. Yummy merinos! I generally like worsted or heavy dk weight, but I've also been wanting to try a few patterns in the Loop d Loop book, but I don't have a stash of bulky weight yarn for any of them, so I'm open to bulky weight. I do like dk weights for tanks and things. I love Cascade 220, Knitpicks Wool, Elann's Highland Wool, Handpainted Yarn's yarns, Briggs and Little, Paton's Merino.... I don't tend to go for the expensive brands at all, but I'm certainly open to trying it! I have been wanting to try bamboo yarn.
14. What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
novelty yarns-- fur yarns, eyelash, nylon ribbon yarns, etc. I tend to gravitate towards more earthy/natural looking yarns.
15. What is/are your current knitting obsession/s?
right now I'm on a sweater kick, but I've previously been on sock kicks, hat kicks and felted purse kicks.
16. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
right now, sweaters. I also have been getting into shrugs (like the One Skein Wonder and the Boobholder), and like knitting tanks. I've been wanting to try a sweater vest, too. (p.s. If it matters for yarn quantities, I tend to usually knit the small size-- I have a narrow shoulders. Sometimes I go for the medium though).
17. What are you knitting right now?
a sweater LOL. More specifically, the neck down summer cardigan from Knitting Pure and Simple
18. What do you think about ponchos?
I knit one for myself last year, but I don't know if it'll see the light of day again
19. Do you prefer straight or circular needles?
circs, by far
20. Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
either bamboo or my denises
21. Are you a sock knitter?
Yep!
22. How did you learn to knit?
Online. I don't know anyone IRL that knits
23. How old is your oldest UFO?
No idea. I tend to hide the UFOs from myself so I don't feel guilty... teehee
24. What is your favorite animated character or a favorite animal/bird?
I LOVE gnomes and sheep
25. What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas, but I really love Halloween, too, because fall is my favorite season
26. Is there anything that you collect?
Yarn (obviously), books, especially knitting books
27. What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
Interweave and Family Circle Easy Knitting
28. Any books out there you are dying to get your hands on?
All the EZ books except for Knitting W/O Tears (which I already have), Knitters Handy Book of Sweater Patterns, rowan mags (I only have #38) and the English Rebeccas
29. Any patterns you have been coveting, but haven't bought for one reason or another??
I'm thinking about this one...
ETA: 30. What are your foot measurements, and what kind of socks do you like?
I'm a size 7 US Women's and I love all kinds of socks.