welcome!

today i got the mail with name & adress of my one skein secret pal - so i will write today and from now on this blog in english an would like to say "hello and welcome" to all new readers here. and - naturally - i´m really excited about the pal who will send the yarns to me.
& here are my answers to the one skein secret pal questionaire:

1. which yarn is most like your personality (you can be specific or general with your answer- brand, type, color, fiber, whatever)?
casual, smooth, modern with a touch of bavarian vivienne westwood =)

2. what is your favorite color yarn to knit/crochet with?
warm, naturally colors...

3. have you ever used variegated, or magic yarns?
not yet.

4. do you tend to favor certain fibers when choosing yarns?
no pure synthetic fiber - otherwise no favourites.

5. do you prefer to work with center-pull or traditionally wound balls of yarn?
i don´t have any preferences like this.

6. have you ever worked with organic yarns or are you interested in trying them? not yet, but i would like to.

7. how many and what projects have you made in the last year?
a scarf, a couple of socks, an overall and a pullover for a baby, a cap, some accessoires - at the moment i´m planning a pullover for myself.

8. will you be knitting any gifts this year?
sure - but there are no plans yet.

9. what is your favorite one skein project?
the silk sleeves & the fingerless gartermits.

10. how much yarn do you have in your stash and how do you store it?
about 1,5 kg. the most of it are the left-overs of the socks.

11. do you have a yarn in your stash that you love so much you can never use it or part with it?
no.

12. do you knit less or differently in the summer?
differently - the yarns have to be summerlike (cotton, silk, linen)

13. do you belong to any knitting groups (online or offline)?
i´m one of the "meet to knit"-girls in frankfurt.