Punk Rock Gift Exchange

1. Why are you punk?
It's in my DNA.

2. What are your five favorite things? (these don't have to be knit related)
Fiber, Cats, Fiber, Books, Fiber, Lavender, Fiber, my Irish pub, did I mention Fiber? :D

3 . What are your three favorite things that you have made with knitting/crochet?
My alpaca wrist warmers, my tigersocks and my bag with cables. Pictures at my flickr page

4. What five things would you love to see in a swap box someday?
Yarn, spinning fibers, cross stitch silks in blues, purples or greens, punk-themed stitchmarkers, oh and spindles.

5a. What are your three favorite yarns?
Koigu, Wollmeise and Alpaca

5b.What are your three least favorite yarns?
I don't like angora and mohair, or the novelty eyelash yarns, the hairy ones. And I don't like 100% acrylic or thick itchy yarns.

6. What are your five favorite delicacies?
I don't like candy, only the dark, dark, chocolate. I love the smell of lavender, sage and lime. I'd "kill" for black dark roasted coffee. I like the feel of soft, luxurey yarn. That's only 4, can't think of anything else right now..

7. What are your three favorite guilty pleasures?
Magnum. the new dark Equadorian, chocolate one because I'm trying to lose some weight. Reading until deep in the night, knowing you have to get up early in the morning to go to work. I have a lot more pleasures, but I don't feel guilty about them. I Njoy them ;-)

8. What are the five things you look forward to every week?
Saterday morning, Staterday afternoon, Saterday evening, Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon :D But ok seriously: the weekend in general, my Monday evening Stitch 'n Bitch-meeting, meeting with my friends, the day I put clean sheets on my bed, aka as 'clean sheet day' and although I hate to do groceries, it's always very nice when my fridge is full of good, healthy fresh food (and drinks) for me to cook with every evening.

9. What do you collect?
Books, wishlists, patterns, yarn

10. When is your birthday?
June 3rd

11. Do you have any wishlists?
I collect them, but my main list is on http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2LI6A97VYG2HU/

12. What would you like your pal to know that is not covered here?
I smell books before I buy them, if it smells ok, the book goes with me, if not, I won't buy the book. Unless I am buying online, then I smell afterwards ;D I'm fiber obsessed, geeky and I love giraffes. I don't like babies, dogs and the dutch-national-soccer-team-orange.