Adina sent me some questions:

1. Do you knit continental or English? Neither, I knit Combined. I learned continental style but my purl tension was way off and Alison kindly pointed me at Annie Modesitt

2. How long ago did you learn to knit? I learned to knit about a year ago in order to make Isabelle a woolen nappy cover when she started wetting through every other night time combination we had come up with (we even tried disposables which was less effective than cloth). I had a big break after that while moving states twice, and all that entailed. I started again in June or July 2004, which is when I learned about gauge, nice yarn, nice needles, etc, it is also when I changed to combined knitting.

3. First FO? A dolly blanket for Isabelle, which we gave to her with her first real doll at her weaning party in August.

4. Favorite yarn? I prefer natural fibers, actually I am yet to even try any synthetics (well All Seasons Cotton is a blend it’s true). My fiber snobbery started long before I learned to knit. In terms of knitting so far I prefer wool to cotton, which mostly seems to make my hands ache.

5. Favorite pattern? A favourite pattern suggests to me that I would knit it again and again, the more I knit the less likely that seems to be! I have made 2 Booga bags and three French Market bags but as wonderful as these patterns are I knit them twice (or thrice) because they made great gifts, not because I had an urgent need to re-experience the pattern. No favourite patterns yet.

6. Favorite pattern source? Hmmm, no front runner here either. Knitty, Stitch’n'Bitch, Debbie Bliss, Phildar, Rebecca, Rowan all feature fairly equally in what I have done or am thinking of doing.

7. Favorite needles? Addis, not fond of bamboo at all.

8. Nicest thing you’ve ever knit? the bags I made at christmas were very popular but I think my Big Bad Baby Blanket is closest to my heart at the moment.

9. Most hated project? The result was pretty but my hands ached for days after knitting this wash cloth for a friend.

10. Who are you going to pass this on to? umm, ahhh, I feel weird about passing on the memes so, no-one, sorry Adina!