{"id":336,"date":"2007-02-04T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2007-02-04T17:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippa.nl\/yvonnep\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2020-11-01T10:17:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T09:17:58","slug":"secet-pal-questionnaire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.philippa.nl\/yvonnep\/secet-pal-questionnaire\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Pal Questionnaire"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. What is\/are your favourite yarn\/s to knit with? What fibres do you absolutely *not* like?
\nWith all those beautiful yarns around, can you say that a yarn is a favourite? I love silky yarns, and merino, shetland, and and….so much. I have a special weakness for recycled yarns, from old jeans f.e.<\/em><\/p>\n

But: <\/em>I don\u2019t like very thick or itchy yarn. And I don’t like most\u00a0synthetics.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

2. What do you use to store your needles\/hooks in?
\nMy needles are stored in beautiful hand made (needle) cases and pouches that my one skein secret pal and secret pal 10 gave to me. I keep my on the road sock in a little handmade bag, also a gift from my secret pal. The rest of my knitting work is in a basket near my place of the couch. My stash<\/span> collection is in Ikea boxes on shelves in my knitting (book)case.<\/em><\/p>\n

3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
\nNow, I knit for almost\u00a015 years. I learned it in school long, long ago. In the seventies I knitted a lot (but, then, who didn\u2019t?).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
\nJust on Ravelry.<\/em><\/p>\n

5. What\u2019s your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products, etc.)
\nLemon, orange, cinnamon, lavender, thyme and rosemary. I love a scent, which the French call v\u00e9tiver, it’s fresh, a bit spicy and if you want a colour: green.
\n<\/em>Or, the real perfume thing: Paloma Picasso, J’Adore by Dior, Rush 2 by Gucci and Coco by Chanel <\/em><\/p>\n

6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
\nNo,no, I’d rather not have\u00a0sweets, sugar is poison for me. Besides, I’m an eternal dieter. Age comes with changes and since a while I have to cope with the love for deep, dark chocolate.\u00a0 But most of all I love soaps and candles. <\/em><\/p>\n

7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
\n\u00a0No spinning, I do not like it. I embroider and sew (in the summer).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer\/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
\nOpera, other classical music, French singers and jazz (Davis, Coltrane, Mingus, my partner is an aficionado, so we have everything). I have an iPod and I love podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n

9. What\u2019s your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can\u2019t stand?
\nCool colours like blue, turquoise like the Greek sea. Powdery colours (soft pink, pastel blue, lilac) and what I call, dirty colours like taupe. I even like whites, off whites, milky, pearly whites in soft and luxurous yarn. I love beautiful, warm and deep colours (purple or burgundy) like a glass of red wine or berries in the forest. I don\u2019t like brownish colours, but I do like golden colours. Greys: like the sky in summer before a storm or in autumn while it is getting dark. Grey blueish, I love it. My very favourite, special colour is\u00a0green. Green like a forest in the summer or a flowery meadow in spring. In short: I love every colour except brown. But there are browns….:-)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
\nI live with my husband, no kids, no pets anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n

11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?
\nNo hats, no ponchos. I love scarves, gloves (especially without fingers), mitts .<\/em><\/p>\n

12. What is\/are your favourite item\/s to knit?
\nOn the moment I\u00a0favour sweaters and cardigans. A hat or two in between, because of the nice colours of shetland yarn I have.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

13. What are you knitting right now?
\nArgent, a pattern by Louisa Harding for which I bought the cashmere yarn at Vogue Knitting. You can always look at my Ravelry project<\/a>s, \u00a0faves list<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
\nYes, please, very.<\/em><\/p>\n

15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
\nI knit almost everything on circulars: Chiaogoo.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

16. Do you own a yarn winder and\/or swift?
\nYes, I own a yarn winder and a small swift. And I think these are awefully handy things! <\/em><\/p>\n

17. How old is your oldest UFO?
\nAbout one year.<\/em><\/p>\n

18. What is your favourite holiday?
\nDoes one have to choose? Well, o.k. Easter, because of ‘spring is in the air’. <\/em><\/p>\n

19. Is there anything that you collect?
\nNothing except patterns, preferably digital. And yarn maybe? Buttons, definitely buttons. Mother of pearl, f.e.<\/em><\/p>\n

20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
\nMy Finnish pal Heidi<\/a> gave me silkwool by a Finnish brand and I love it: Wetterhoff<\/a>. But to be honest: I just love presents, so you can make me glad with everything.
\n<\/em>
\nI write for a Dutch magazine: <\/em>Handwerken zonder Grenzen. <\/a>\u00a0Also on Facebook<\/a>. I<\/em><\/span>\u00a0subscribed to Interweave Knits in winter 2006 and Piecework. I read Vogue Knitting, the British Knitting Magazine and some other British Magazine, there is Knitting in the name. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

21. Are there any new techniques you\u2019d like to learn?
\nI keep on learning. Busy with the course Tech Editor by the The Knitting Guild Association. No specific techniques. I do not like brioche. Not at all. Though I like Nancy Marchant very much.<\/p>\n

22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
\nYes, yes, but sometimes I just do not want to. Most of the years I join Sock Madness. \u00a0European size 39.<\/em><\/p>\n

23. When is your birthday? (mm\/dd)
\n22 april.<\/em><\/p>\n

24. Are you on Ravelry? If so, what’s your ID?
\nYes! I’m in as yvonnep. .<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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