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Birthday Swap Survey

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This survey is being done for a Birthday Swap that I am a member of. If you would like to learn little tid bits about me feel free to read on. If not then carry on to the next post. :) Also, dear swap pal, I reserve the right to update this at will or rather as my memory forces me too.

1. a. What is your name?

LittleWit but my friends call me Jocelyn

b. What is your quest?

To find a galaxy far far away.

c. What is your favorite color?

Probably go bobcat green. However I am a huge sucker for jewel and earth tones.

2. When is your birthdate (year optional)?

Feburary 09, 1982 – the year MTV was born.

3. Do you have any special birthday traditions?

The only tradition I have is one that I want to stop. I would like to have people actually show up to celebrate my birthday. Oh and my mom always made us fun birthday cakes in whatever shape we wanted and we got to pick from her cake decorating books.

4. What is your favorite birthday memory?

Hmm. All time favorite? I don’t think I have one. However I did love the birthday where my friends in Baltimore took me out to dinner and we got the waitress to sell us a slice of her homemade peppermint cheesecake. It was de-lic-ious.

5. Any allergies we should know about?

As long as you aren’t sending me amoxicillin I should be ok.

6. What crafts do you do – knit, crochet, spin, dye, bead, quilt, etc. etc. ?

Knit, spin, want to dye, will start crocheting eventually, have some quilts planned, I sew and I like to do woodworking and may start again now that I have a garage to work in.

7. Any sorts of fibers you particularly love or hate or are dying to work with?

I love some Rio De La Plata – Santa Maria however it’s discontinued and I have 2 or 3 skeins of it stashed away.

I don’t so much hate anything or maybe I do but I don’t remember what it is. I have some distant memory of an ew I won’t work with that again…oh that’s right, it was STR medium weight but it’s because I was feeling someone else’s knit up sock and I didn’t like the fabric. I think someone else showed me a not as blah feeling one. Ok I was reminded me that I am not a huge fan of lots of mohair content cause if it is a pain to frog or tink I will whine and inevitably run out of yarn.

As far as dying to work with – I sometimes have a desire to work with all the “trendy” yarns that people always rave about but then I never have the desire to spend money to buy them. :) I am for real dying to work with some true gossamer weight yarns a la Gossamer Webs.

8. What weight of yarn do you prefer?

I am drawn to fingering weights but I am trying to focus on making things in larger weights because yeah they aren’t really that much larger and they knit up faster!

9. What are your favorite knitting accessories? (i.e.: stitch markers, row counters…)

I don’t have one? Make a believer out of me?

10. Do you subscribe to any crafty magazines?

Nope. But I really should.

11. What do collect aside from fiber-related things?

Dust, shot glasses, t-shirts and fabric that I never sew with :)

12. Favorite candy, chocolate (dark, white, or milk), tea, coffee, other treats?

Hmm…swedish fish, white chocolate and kernel popcorn.

13. Do you enjoy handmade soap and body products?

I do enjoy but please no scents.

14. Are there any scents you love or hate?

Scents must be very subtle because I have a super sensitive nose.

15. What is your favorite: flavor, flower, letter, number, film, artist?

Flower – Orchids and Lilies (Bleeding hearts are growing on me and lily of the valleys – oh wait that’s a lily).

Flavor – Margarita, Jimmy John’s Vito, Mango, Raspberry, Peppers oh I dunno I like to eat, I have lots of favorite flavors.

Letter – E (Exercise E! – this separates the weak from the strong AND you know it’s a pop culture reference from my childhood!)

Number – 13

Film – Boondock Saints.

Artist – I don’t know that I have one.

16. Anything we should *not* get for you?

Snake bite kit, I already have one.

17. Do you have a blog and or wishlist that are not linked on Ravelry or listed in the GoogleDoc?

I have a Loopy Ewe wish list linked in my side bar and an Amazon wish list linked in my side bar.

18. Anything special you would like your partner to know?

You are all special people in my heart. :) Anything I get will be fun and I am totally looking forward to this.

Helper Sekrit Pal Package Arrives!

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The Ravelry Helper crew hosted our own Sekrit Pal gift exchange over the holidays (spanning anywhere from Thanksgiving to Epiphany). Yesterday, just in time for Epiphany, I received my gift!

Lookie here…we have a bag. What could be inside?

gift bag

Hmm it appears we have some goodies…white chocolate and yummy yarn.

presents!

A picture of all of the spoils.

entire package

The white chocolate is from Trader Joe’s. A superb choice because I love white chocolate (and can’t eat very much milk chocolate sans peanut butter). I may try to melt the bar to make chocolate covered pretzels. Yum! The yarn is the lovely Alpaca Blend from Mountain Colors that I featured yesterday. I still haven’t decided what to make with it. Any ideas?

inside of bag

This bag was handmade by the lovely Selvedge. Notice the very cool pockets on the inside. Now I have a new project bag to tote around and set in the mud! :)

Yarn Candy Friday

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For your viewing pleasure, provided courtesy of my sekrit pal.

sekrit yarn.jpg

Oh you wanted details?

: Alpaca Blend
Mountain Colors

: Worsted / 10 ply (9 wpi)
: 1 skein = 440.0 yards (402.3 m)
: Tamarack
198 grams (6.98 ounces)
: 16.0 – 20.0 = 4 inches
: US 5 – 7 or 3.75 – 4.5m
Fibers: 50% Superfine Alpaca, 50% Wool
Texture: smooth, plied

For my helper sekrit pal

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I totally mooched this from BSQ – hope she doesn’t mind :)

I knit. No magazine subscriptions at the moment but I buy Interweave Knits everytime it comes out. Which reminds me I need to go get the Winter issue… All my pattern books are on Ravelry

I enjoy most colours – most especially jewel and earth tones. My stash should give a good idea of the colours I like – pay no attention to the yarns inherited from my Grandmother ;)

No food or fiber allergies but milk chocolate and dark chocolate upset my stomach. Nuts are not my friends. White chocolate is a guilty pleasure as well as white chocolate covered pretzels and anything with peanut butter in it. No coffee or tea for me I am boring and love water :) I also like to cook and try new things, however I do not like broccoli, asparagus or brussel sprouts. In case you were wondering…

Aside from knitting/fiber related things, I also collect shot glasses and other odd trinkets that catch my eye. I also pretend to sew, however there might be a slight backlog in items to be sewn… When I do find time to read I tend towards women’s studies or military history books both fiction and non fiction.

Oh and my next two fiber related skills to learn are spinning and cables. Someday I hope to figure out what I screwed up with Intarsia ;)

If you need a spy, contact the boy through my e-mail, just put his name in the subject and I will assume it has something to do with the sekrit pal exchange (clarification on address or something ;) ) I have also added my amazon wishlist to the spreadsheet.