When I saw Carole’s interview I couldn’t resist asking for some questions of my own! She was kind enough to oblige and here they are, with my answers 🙂
1. Tell us what it’s like to live in Salt Lake City.
Living in Salt Lake City is wonderful 🙂 I grew up in the Los Angeles area, and then moved to some consecutive small towns in Utah, but SLC is a really nice balance between the two. There are some really great restaurants in SLC as well as a lot of fun stuff to do, especially if you like to be outdoors.
I also love the public transportation. I can get anywhere I want to without having to drive. I ride public transit to work every day and it gives me time to knit, and time to think. It’s also a very pedestrian friendly city. The sidewalks are wide and the downtown area where I live is really nice. There are funny things that you notice when you walk as well. Like this twice grafittied sidewalk.
The “Trust Jesus” stencil is seen all over town, but I had never seen the addition before, so I had to take a picture. I laughed so hard I hurt afterward.
And really… who wouldn’t love to have this view from their office! A storm is rolling in today!
2. What do you think has been your best design?
My best design…. hmmm… I can tell you that my favorite is Icarus. But for all the hard work I put into it, I really love Hidcote. I’m still floating on from the high of finishing Demeter though. Overcoming a sized garment was a real thrill.
3. What do you make for dinner when you can’t think of anything to make for dinner?
When I’m really lazy we eat sandwiches. We’ve had sandwiches more times in the past few weeks than I care to admit, although I do take my sandwiches very seriously. I will toast my bread, put cheddar cheese, ham, pastrami, mayo, honey mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, AND barbeque sauce. C’s sandwiches usually consist of one slice of meat, one slice of cheese and a bit of mayo. If he’s feeling adventurous, it may have some lettuce 🙂
A sandwich is really the perfect food when you think about it. It has all sorts of food groups and serves as an infinite palette for creativity. It’s portability is unsurpassed!
4. What do you do in your free time – besides knitting and designing, of course?
I watch a lot of movies and I read fantasy/sci-fi novels. Right now I’m attempting to knit and read A Feast For Crows, but I bought it in paperback instead of getting it from the library, so it’s proving difficult to hold the book with my feet and knit and read at the same time.
C and I have been working through the Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist. C reads out loud while I knit.
I also have some lovely friends with whom I do stuff like make sushi. Or just hang out and talk. They happen to be my neighbors too, so I just put on my slippers and putter over to their apartments.
5. When, oh when, are you going to start spinning?
I HAVE been spinning! My Spinning flickr set can be found here. For the last month or so I’ve been working on some Spunky Eclectic merino roving, but it’s been slow going since I’ve had a ton of contract knitting that had to get finished. I’ll spin for 5 minutes here and there, but I haven’t finished any spinning in so long that it seems like I haven’t been spinning at all! I got a goodly sized bobbin of REALLY TINY singles done, but I want to navajo ply them, so I stopped working on that and started spinning something thicker to practice on. I’m still nervous about it, so I may wait until I can be with some more experienced spinners to help walk me through it.
Thanks Carole! It was fun! If you want some interview questions of your own, leave a comment and I’ll see what I can do. *EDIT* OK, friends, I’ve come up with 6 sets of questions and that is enough… no more questions, k?
M
This month Lee finished her Icarus shawl and last week she gave it away to her aunt who is dying of Parkinson’s. Go read the posts, it’ll make you cry.
