SP 12 question of the week

I have missed a couple of SP questions, so here we go:

If you were told you could never again buy yarn, would would your last yarn purchase be?

I would buy Quiviut, poshyarn, Socks that Rock, Wollmeise and all the atelier zitron stock of my LYS. (Oh, and can I order knitpicks yarns and some more of the ones I brought back from London?) ;-)

If you were told you could never knit again, what would be the last thing you’d knit??

An Afghan on 2.5 mm needles that would last 20 years to finish. ;-)

In a given year, how many times do you buy yarn?

I suppose approx. 6 times.

And what is your favorite place to buy yarn from? A festival? A shop? Online? Dish your favorite places!!

My favorite places are: London - either I Knit day or Ally Pally, my LYS Wollkontor and Wollmeise.

Lastly, with Fall in full swing in many areas, what is the one thing you look forward to most?

I look forward to afternoons with tea, knitting and a good book as well as soups. I just love creamy, hot autumn soups.

I’m sure most of us have a proudest moment when it comes to knitting. A project or technique that you’ve tackled and completed beautifully. What is your proudest knitting moment??

Finishing a lace shawl, blocking it and it turns out beautifully.

My proudest finished projects so far are my Carpathian Roses Cardigan and the Snakeskin sweater. Their fit is perfect.

And on the flip side? What is the one thing that you can’t get right? What is that one project that you’ve never been able to complete? Or that you did complete but then hid away instantly because it was too embarrassing?

Sewing is dreadful. I am never satisfied with it.

The most dreadful project was a cardigan that I knit from a different yarn than given in the pattern without swatching. I kept going until I was finished and all that was left was some embroidery. Then my husband - despairing about my stubborness - tried it on and I had to face that it was way too huge. I frogged it. The yarn is still in my stash.

What is the best thing you've ever received in the mail/post?

Every new SP or other swap parcel. Every parcel from my dear friends.
Really, I couldn't pick a single one - as they are all so gorgeous.

What Olympic event would best describe you knitting/knitting style?

I have no clue.

SP 12 question of the week

What is your favorite supper for a hot summer evening? (For added
"flavor", post a photo or recipe link)

I have four favorites for a hot summer evening:

1. Calaprese: Mozzarella and Tomatoes with Aceito Balsamico, Olive Oil, Fleur de Sel and black pepper, basil.

2. Noodle Salad made by my husband: Penne rigate, red peppers, tomatoes, bacon and a yoghurt-mayonnaise dressing.

3. Cous-Cous Parsley Salad

1 cup uncooked couscous
1 cup hot water
olive oil
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
1/4 to 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves
salt
1 red pepper, diced (optional)

freshly ground pepper

2 tomatos, seeded and diced

4. Lemon spaghetti:

Cook your spaghetti as usual al dente.

Sauce: Heat about 125 ml of olive oil in a pan, then reduce heat, add the juice of 1 - 2 lemons, some fleur de sel, black pepper and 200 ml of cream.

Mix your spaghetti and the sauce in a bowl and add lemon zest to it. If desired you can sprinkle some finely cut parsley on top of it. Voilà!

SP 12 question of the week

1) What yarn (that you don’t have/haven’t used) would make your stash “complete”?

Quiviut - it is the softest yarn I have ever touched. I have been dreaming about it ever since I was allowed to touch it at Ally Pally last year.

However, on a more affordable level, but still hard to get, a skein of Poshyarn would make me happy at present, too. ;-)


2) What yarn do you never want to be without?

Sockyarn - especially:

Wollmeise 100 % Merino superwash sockyarn.

But Socks that Rock was wonderful to knit with, too.

Friday eye candy & SP 12 question

Pictures my husband took when we flew to Cologne last month:

Wolkenbilder, die auf dem Flug nach Köln entstanden.




This week the SP hostesses want to know:

What would you consider the perfect amount of stash?

The answer to this is easy. My friend Ulrike's stash. It is virtually non-existant. All her yarn fits into one or two drawers!!! I love the idea of it, although I am unable to achieve the same stash-freeness. Just think of it, you can go and buy new yarn for your next project, for the project you want to knit right now.

SP 12 question of the week

As a kid, what did you look forward to most about summer vacation/break/holiday?

I looked forward to

- sleeping in
- having loads of time to read
- visits from my penpal Sabine (yeah, same name) who lived in the Black Forest.