Day 14: What’s the worst yarn/fiber that you’ve worked with and why?

After working with the wonderful wools and blends that Black Sheep carries, I have come to detest working with most acrylic yarns. Caron Simply Soft is okay still, but I have issues working with Red Heart. It squeaks and isn't soft and just feels wrong in my hands. *shudders* I'll keep my soft and pretty wools now thank you.

Day 13: Do you have yarn that you love but can’t find a project for?

Yes! I've had this wonderful River's Edge sock yarn for over a year. I bought it at SAFF (Southeastern Animal Fiber Festival) 2011 and haven't found the project for it yet. It is 380 yards of hand dyed 70% superwash Blueface Leicester wool and 30% nylon sock weight 2-ply yarn. It's soft and gorgeous but I don't know what to use it for. It was the only thing I bought at SAFF and I want to use it, but I don't know what to do with it. Nothing I've looked at seems right.

Day 12: Where do you keep your stash?

Right now my stash lives in shoe boxes in my closet. I took time a few days ago to organize it a bit and box everything neatly. My needles aren't here as they are in another bag across the room because I forgot.

In the process of being organized.

All nice and neat!
Blue Box - Supplies (stitch markers, wool wash, etc.)
Orange Box - Yarn for personal projects
Red Box - Gift Bags, Tissue Paper, etc.
Pink Box - Christmas Present Yarn
Brown Box - Yarn Scraps and Ends

Day 11: Do you have a “Knitter Hero” or someone that is just way too awesome for their own good?

I suppose my "Knitter Hero" (or heroines) would be all my knitting friends. They do such awesome projects and inspire me to challenge myself and do more. Here's just two of them (mostly because I could find pictures of their stuff to share).

Katie is my absolute best friend. She taught me how to knit and can also crochet, tat, dye, spin, and probably many other things that I can't think of at the moment.

Baby Girasole

Leaves on the Line

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Tina owns my favorite local yarn shop, Black Sheep at Orenco, and challenges me to go bigger and better. She's the entire reason I did colorwork gloves and I will be attempting a sweater/cardigan in the relatively near future.

Bears made by Barbara, Tina, and Julianne

Steeked Scarf - Steeking terrifies me!

Day 10: Do you have a favorite pattern or designer?

I don't really have a favorite pattern or designer. I browse Ravelry a lot and save patterns I like. I think my favorite pattern I've worked is the Hemlock Ring by Jared Flood.

Day 9: What fiber or yarn do you love working with?

I'm pretty much in love with anything with superwash wool, be it just the wool or a wool blend. I work with Cascade yarns a lot; my favorite there so far has been Heritage Silk, a 85% superwash wool and 15% mulberry silk blend. It was absolutely decadent. One day when I have the money, I would love to work with Black Trillium or Alcidina.

Cascade Heritage Silk

Cascade Heritage Paint in colorway David's Eyes

Day 8: What’s your most challenging project?

My most challenging project was probably the mitts I have recently finished for my Granny's Christmas present. Though I've done fingerless mitts before, doing colorwork like this was a challenge. I made Lusekofte-sque Mitts in Cascade Superwash Sport Blue Velvet and White. I loved this color combination. They are a bit smaller than I would have liked because of the tension of the floats of white, but I still adore them.