Even though I don’t have a yarn buddy, I thought I should answer these since I’m asking everyone else to.

Related to the Swap

Your favorite colors?
midtone blues/greens, autumnal pallettes, rich jewel tones, pinks/yellows/oranges if they’re not too bright. I’m not a fan of dayglow colors.

Preferred yarn weight (Fingering, Sport, DK, maybe even Worsted)?
Sport and up. Fingering weight is just too small for my chubby fingers.

Do you prefer solid or multicolored yarn?
Multicolored or multitoned solid colors

If your buddy is able to do so, would you like a variegated, self-striping, or self-patterning yarn?
I like em all.

Would you be interested in a wool blend sock yarn (nylon, tencel, silk, acrylic, alpaca, etc.)?
I’d love a wool/tencel or a wool/silk blend. I’ve never used a wool/nylon blend so that would be interesting too. I really shouldn’t have even listed acrylic no one’s going to want that.

Imagine the perfect colorway. What would you name it?
Vincent Van Gogh had a tattoo WHERE?

What was the biggest appeal to you for joining this dye-along?
Spreading the joy of handdyeying yarn, encouraging the creative process and joy in the unexpected while dyeing. Creating new addicts to the craft.

General yarn/fiber questions:

Have you dyed yarn/fiber before?
yep

If so, what’s your favorite dye and method?
I like the random hot pour oven method but I’m going to try the handpainting dishwasher method sometime soon.

Do you spin?
yep

Have you knit socks before?
yes! Yaaay!

Do you use sock yarn for just socks or in other patterns too?
I’m using sock yarn in two non-sock projects atm: some self-patterning fair isle sock yarn for a scarf and some koigu in the shadow shawl

What are some of your favorite yarns?
Noro, Colinette, thick and thin handspun by some amazing handspinners, I’m a recent koigu kult inductee, Mmmanos and Mmmmalabrigo. I love yarn with rich interesting colors and interesting textures.

What yarn do you totally covet?
Colinette Point Five. I know exactly how to spin that kind of thing myself but their colors are just unbelievable. I’d love to get enough of the really nice Rowan cashmerino to be able to make a big sweater for myself

Favorite patterns?
Anything that’s simple to do but looks really impressive. Teva Durham’s Ballet T, Kate Gilbert’s Clapotis, This Shadow Shawl I’m working on.

Any pattern you would love to make if money and time were no object?
I dream of making my own Absolutely Fabulous throw but with all the crazy yarn I have.

Favorite kind of needles (brand, materials, straights or circs, etc)?
I love my denises, I love my needlemaster, I love my smaller addis (I don’t like addi turbos bigger than a 6), I have some great crystal palace bamboos. Wood, plastic, metal all have a use to me depending on the project. My absolute favorite to use though is a pair of handmade Ash 16s with the size burned into the ball at the end with a soldering knife that I got for free with some yarn I got on ebay. They feel soo good in my hands..

If you were a specific kind of yarn, which brand and kind of yarn would you be?
I think I’d probably be some crazy handspun by Reenie & Angela, Natasha, or Pluckyfluff - thick and thin with little fancy lacey bits and some glitter sometimes but other times all twisted up tight.

Nothing to do with knitting/yarn/fiber in any way but seemed kinda fun:

Do you have a favorite candy or mail-able snack?
I don’t really like sweets much. Unless it’s a coffee beverage. I loove salty snacks though.

What’s your favorite animal?
huff huff huff

Do you have pets? What are their species/names/ages?
I have four pets right now.
cat- Kurry / ~18 years old
cat- Phunq / ~14 years old
cat- Melon / ~12 years old
dog- rhodesian ridgeback - Winter / almost 5 years old

If you were a color what color would you be?
a very dark iridescent blue/green with lots of colors and shades deep inside

Describe your favorite shirt (yours or someone else’s)..
Cody and I used to have a shirt that we shared. It was already well-worn when we met and he used to wear it when we talked on the phone a lot. It was a very old Earth Day shirt from his entymology days and had been worn so much that the fibers were really loose and the fabric was really thin but it was perfect to wear, especially when one of us was sick, because it wasn’t too hot but we didn’t freeze to death in it. We used to call it “THE” shirt, and the act of leaving a freshly washed THE shirt for the other one to wear was one of those small daily acts of love that couples do. It started to tear though and neither of us have worn it in years. It’s still in a drawer in the bedroom though. That shirt will not be thrown away.

What is your most inspiring image, flower, or object in nature?
I love the contrast in the colors of New Mexico - reddish earth, scrubby green growth, and bright blue skies. I like unexpected beauty in things that might not look good at first. I love looking into animals’ eyes. Chubby young puppy tummies and kittens with their streetcar antennaed tails.

Tell me the best quote you’ve ever heard or read.
My usual answer is “Life is Serious but Art is Fun”

but one of the more recent lines I really enjoyed was this from the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency:

It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was what solved these big problems of life. You could think and think and get nowhere, but you still had to eat your pumpkin. That brought you down to earth. That gave you a reason for going on. Pumpkin.

To me it means that you can keep yourself focused and happy in life by concentrating on the little simple pleasures.

Do you have a wishlist?
amazon
crafty
torrid

Anything else you’d like to share with the group today?

Never buy brown paint. You can always make that yourself by mixing two primary colors together.