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circs or pins?<\/em>
\nIs this for holding a place?\u00a0 I use plastic washers from Kathleen’s lab.
\nThey are colorful and just the right size.
\n
\nDpn or magic loop?<\/em>
\nDouble pointed needles?\u00a0 That’s what I used to make socks.\u00a0 I used a set
\nof four and then added one more.\u00a0 I like using five needles best.<\/p>\n

English or Continental?<\/em>
\nI don’t know what this means.<\/p>\n

Novelty yarn or classic plain?<\/em>
\nNot sure about this either.\u00a0 I used some 100% wool that Kathleen gave me
\nwhen she visited one time.\u00a0 It was self patterning.\u00a0 One of the pairs of
\nsocks I made was kind of zany and my Mother in Law calls them my Dr. Suess
\nsocks.\u00a0 But, she doesn’t understand how nice it is to have a pair of wool
\nsocks that are not so thick you need to wear hiking boots so your feet
\ndon’t feel stuffed into your shoes.\u00a0 I love how warm they keep my feet –
\neven at the end of a long day, they are comfortable.\u00a0 Definitely my
\nfavorite socks.\u00a0 If I knew where to get more yarn like this, I would
\nabsolutely make myself another pair.
\n
\nSocks or Sweaters?<\/em>
\nSocks, although I’ve thought of trying to make a sweater.\u00a0 It’s kind of
\ndaunting to me though.
\n
\nCrochet too?<\/em>
\nYes!<\/p>\n

Process or FO?<\/em>
\nI don’t know what this means.<\/p>\n

Garments or things that don’t have to fit anyone in particular?<\/em>
\nI like useful, so I guess that means garments.\u00a0 Do socks count as garments?
\n
\nShort Answer Questions (skip any that aren’t fun!)<\/p>\n

What is your usual process on a fiber project, for instance, do you
\nstart with a yarn, a cute pattern, a need you’ve noticed, something
\nexciting you saw in a movie you want to copy, or a technique you want to
\nlearn \u2013 then what do you do next and then what?<\/em>
\nIt depends.\u00a0 With the socks I started with the yarn Kathleen gave me and
\nwith her telling me that nothing was so wonderful as home made wool socks.
\nShe showed me a new way to knit and we had fun laughing together on my
\nliving room floor an knitting away.\u00a0 So that was the motivation.\u00a0 Then
\nbecause I didn’t have anything else to do with the yarn she gave me, I
\nfinished the socks.\u00a0 Then I found out she was right – home made wool socks
\nrock!
\n
\nDoes anything intimidate you in knitting or crochet?<\/em>
\nPatterns and making something fits are intimidating.\u00a0 I have no idea how
\nto read a knitting pattern.\u00a0 I think I could do pretty much anything in
\ncrochet though.\u00a0 Dropping stitches in knitting is intimidating too.\u00a0 I
\nhate to realize that ten rows back, I dropped a stitch.
\n
\nWhen you want to learn something, do you look it up in a book, on
\nU-tube, or seek a real person to teach you?<\/em>
\nI like the idea of a person teaching me, but in actuality, I’m more likely
\nto seek out a book because then I can go at my own pace.<\/p>\n

Any repetitive motion disorders due to knitting or crochet? How do you
\ndeal with them?<\/em>
\nI don’t do it enough to have this problem.<\/p>\n

Do you frequent a particular yarn store?<\/em>
\nNo.<\/p>\n

Do you usually finish things?\u00a0 If not, does it bother you?<\/em>
\nYes.\u00a0 Well, I never finished that pink vest, but I usually do finish
\nthings.\u00a0 It does bother me to have things not finished.\u00a0 Perhaps that is
\nRich’s influence on me.
\n
\nWhat makes you buy a pattern (lovely photo, the story of the project, it
\nlooks do-able, it looks slightly challenging…)<\/em>
\nI don’t buy patterns.<\/p>\n

What gives you the feeling that you got your money’s worth out of a
\npattern?<\/p>\n

What do you most enjoy about knitting or crochet?<\/em>
\nI like that is practical.\u00a0 I like that it is portable.\u00a0 I like that you
\ncan pick it up and put it down and then pick it up again.\u00a0 It is the kind
\nof craft you can do with children running around.<\/p>\n

What are your crafting ambitions?<\/em>
\nI like to make things that don’t look home made.<\/p>\n

Want to be interviewed? Download the questions<\/a> here and mail them back to me with your answers to christine at christineguestdesigns dot com<\/p>\n

Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

circs or pins? Is this for holding a place?\u00a0 I use plastic washers from Kathleen’s lab. They are colorful and just the right size. Dpn or magic loop? Double pointed needles?\u00a0 That’s what I used to make socks.\u00a0 I used a set of four and then added one more.\u00a0 I like using five needles best. 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