Heather jumped on the interview bandwagon, and I asked her to interview me. So here are her questions and my answers:

1) Who taught you to knit? How old were you? (Stole this from Mim interviewing Jacquie)
My mother, who used to knit a lot of our clothes. I think I was about 12 or 13. I knit one sweater (which I still have and still wear once in a while), and then gave it up. I started knitting again about 1 1/2 years ago, when I was looking for a fairly portable hobby.

2) How did you meet your husband?
It was a blind date. A woman I work with and her husband lined us up, and took us for a sail on their boat on the Great Salt Lake. I think they figured that since we were both in the computer industry, it should work out. I guess it did.

3) What’s your favorite all-time book? Which author’s books will you always buy? What’s your favorite genre of popular fiction?
Aaargh! I can never choose one favorite. (I should blog an entire post on this issue!) I’m totally a “variety is the spice of life” girl. A total omnivore. I used to read a lot, but really haven’t had the time to read much in the past few years. But overall, I probably prefer adventure or mystery novels the best. Some authors who have been “favorites” in past years have been Clive Cussler, Dick Francis, Nelson DeMille, John Grisham, Ken Follett, John Irving. If I judged my “favorite book” by how many times I’ve read it, it would probably be “All Creatures Great and Small“, by James Herriott. But I have to admit that a guilty pleasure I read many times (mostly in High School and College) is “Christy” by Catherine Marshall. I don’t know why it appealed to me so much, but I always enjoyed the characterizations. I never watched the TV show, though. I saw bits of it when it first came out, but I didn’t really like it. (Ditto for the “All Creatures Great and Small” series.)

4) If you could knit with only one yarn for the rest of your life, what would it be? Why?
I haven’t really knit with a large variety of yarn, so I don’t have a good frame of reference. I’d probably have to choose something fairly practical if that’s all I’d be able to knit with. So I’d probably go with Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece. It’s splitty to work with, but I like the feel and the drape, and knitted items wash really well.

5) What is your favorite hand-knit object? Did you knit it, or is it someone else’s work? (Also stolen! But I love this question)
The item I’m most proud of would be the VLT scarf I made, since I still have a hard time looking at it and believing that I really made it. But the item I like to wear most often is the red “Green Gable” I made. I love the feel and the fit.

So there you go. If you wanna play and be interviewed, leave me a comment or send me an email and I’ll give you a list of questions.