Secret Pal Competition

Our Secret Pal Host Mum has set us the following questions for answering:


1. What is the one knitting accessory you could not live without?

Assuming here that I can't include my Boyes needlemaster set ;-) I'd have to say my swift. I dread to think of counting the number of tangled skeins I've had to untangle in my time due to them falling off hands, arms, chairs and goodness knows what else. It also makes less hard work having to press-gang someone else to move correctly.

2. If you're heading on vacation, do you take knitting with you? If so, how much and what type of project?

I never really do holidays per se as I seem to spend all of mine going and helping out on a stand at the shows. When I go though I a nice cable jumper and blanket squares. Blanket squares would probably win out though as I can do them without having to think about anything pattern-wise (this also helped with it being dark in the cinema the other week).


3. Where have you travelled to that you'd consider your favorite spot?

Hmm. Well unfortunately on this its nothing international as the one and only time I was abroad was in 1979 - YES 28 YEARS AGO!!!!! The place though is the Isle of Wight. It holds so many fond childhood memories that even the several times I have gone since 2000 it seems like going home although not quite as rose-tinted as the memories remember it :(

4. What is your favorite knitting book at the moment? Do you own it?

Hmmmmm. Would have to be the new Harry Potter "Charmed Knits" that I got off my friend for my birthday last month. I've yet to start anything from there but I look forward to working through it.


5. Do you listen to podcasts? Which is your favorite(s)?

I do but somewhat sporadically. I listen to Knit Cast and Cast On primarily but have also started listening to Lixie's (http://lixieknitsit.podbean.com/). I probably get more enjoyment from this as I know Lixie so can relate to things she is mentioning more easily than the others.