Tag! I'm it!

Helena tagged me with a meme. I find this amusing considering that she is the co-author of this blog. But, I think that may have been the point... anyways, due to that, I am only going to share a few of my knitting quirks. She can make up the difference.

1. I rarely knit for myself. I see things that I want, but can't seem to justify the time or expense. Add that to the fact that anything I knit for myself has to be perfect. If I know there is a flaw, I won't be able to deal with it and I won' t wear or use whatever I knit. And that is a waste.

2. I don't like wearing hand knit socks. Sacrilege, I know, but I do have cause and a possible solution or two. The purl side of the interior of the instep hurts. I don't have particularly sensitive feet, but every time I try to wear my hand knit socks (I admit, I only have one pair) I last about 2 minutes before they come off. They are lovely and warm, so I usually wear thin half socks underneath to protect the bottom of my foot. Solutions? 1) Knit socks at a larger gauge. I think the stiffness might be part of the problem. 2) Knit the bottom in reverse stockinette. Vee's are probably less irritating than the purl bumps.

3. I am very well versed in many different knitting techniques. I know six cast ons, seven bind offs, multiple increases and decreases and lots of crazy construction shortcuts. The odd part of this is that some of these I have never executed and that doesn't particularly bother me. It's only knitting. And I know how to knit.

4. Crochet scares me. I've seen it done. I've seen the results. I've even tried it myself. I just cannot wrap my brain around it. But that's okay. I can live my life without being a hooker.

5. I desperately want to knit a lace shawl. The only thing stopping me is that I have no use for a lace shawl. I can't leave it lying around looking pretty (kitties), it doesn't go with my wardrobe (simple, sophisticated aesthetic, or , you know, jeans) and the yarn is too damn thin (if I want to play with thread, I'll get out my sewing machine.) So, what to do? I may wait until I'm pregnant and knit something to wrap baby in. Babies like lace, right?

6. I have not knit a hat for my husband. I also refuse to discuss this.

Okay- that's it from me. As for the tagging, if you just read this, you're it!

Basic rules are: a quirky number of quirk-isms about your quirky self. Leave us a comment so we can come over and check out all our stalkers. And have fun with it!