The challenge is to reveal ten things about myself; I've decided to bring up five general and five knitting-related things. Nothing is a secret, but I guess this is meant to be informative and about fun facts rather than secrets anyway.
1. I think you are an awesome girl, the award says. Well, actually I'm a man – anyone surprised/shocked/horrified? – but I hope I'm still awesome!
2. Food: I don't like cooking (a triumph of understatement) which friends and family know only too well. I'm fine with eating, though. (But picky!)
3. Cars: I didn't even try to learn how to drive until I was nearly thirty. Imagine my surprise when I suddenly found myself actually enjoying driving!
4. Taste buds: I don't like the taste of sweet very much.
5. Other addictions (apart from knitting): I've gone from active to passive smoker. A lot cheaper. More yarn money! Seriously, I'm glad I finally quit (two years ago) and don't even like the smell anymore. I've had one relapse, smoking a cigar at a party.
6. I enjoy knitting swatches.
7. Whenever there's a knitting book I really want I always allow myself to buy it, arguing that I never spend money on cook-books. (See 2 above.) Excellent tactics I learnt from my aunt.
8. I don't like alpaca very much, especially not baby alpaca. (Too slippery to knit and too fuzzy to touch for my taste.) There are blends with alpaca that I love, though, like Rowan Felted Tweed.
9. It's dawning on me that there is no way I will be able to knit all the things I want to (a mere fraction is what it feels like) which is something I try not to think about too much. However, a good thing about realizing this is that it has made me more careful when I choose projects.
10. Last, some serious bragging: Kaffe Fassett once pinched the cuff of the sweater I was wearing and said "I love this."
I'm passing this award & challenge on to awesome Nordic neighbours Pinneguri and lille-ursus.
Edited to add:
Would you believe it, I just received another award! Thank you Beate, I appreciate it and your kind words very very much! I'm afraid I'm going to be lazy and just add the picture here – can't think of another seven things to write about myself. Plus, a man's got to do what a man's got to do. Knit, that is.
8 comments:
Oh, how sweet of you! I'm really happy and honoured. Tusind tak. :))
It's so funny because I got the same award a few weeks ago and then wrote 10 things about myself.
But hopefully there is more to say about me than ten things, so in a little while I will use this sweet thought of yours, and write the next ten things about myself. :))
That proves you're a REALLY awesome girl!
I must admit I thought the challenge was very difficult at first, especially coming up with TEN things, until I decided to make it mainly knitting-oriented.
Imagine loving job interviews... I did learn how to drive - and even enjoy it - but I could never like that situation. (I remember going to a interviews for jobs I wasn't really interested in just to practice dealing with the situation!)
you have so many nice things in your blog- I always enjoy coming visiting- I left you a award on my blog-
I've become very fond of Ultra Alpaca, which is a 50% wool, 50% alpaca blend. I love the fuzzy halo.
Your list is great! I don't cook either. :) And I enjoy a good swatch most every day.
What a saint!! You love to swatch???
Ron in Mexico
I love swatching - not nearly as much as knitting garments, but still a proud Saint of the Holy Swatch!
That is quiet alright. They can be a drag as well , those awards:-0
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