1. How long have you been spinning? What skill level do you consider yourself? 2 years - beginner/intermediate.

2. What kinds of yarn do you create (singles/2-ply/3-ply/art yarn)? 2-ply mainly - have done navajo ply. Have got bulky attachment to spin bulky yarn. Love it!

3. What do you spin with (spindle/wheel/both)?wheel

4. What are your favorite fibers to spin with? Anything you don't like? Wool! Have yet to try some alpaca, working my way through different breeds of wool.

5. Who are your favorite crack dealers fiber sources (etsy or otherwise)? Buying from wool suppliers in NZ for sliver and fleece (roving) - Anna Gratton for fibre and knitting wool. Lucky that here in NZ wool is not as expensive as I seem to find from overseas, but more limited in hand-dyed fibre supply like I see from your sources - drool drool.

6. What kind of fiber do you want to try? Alpaca - perhaps silk, cotton sounds intriguing.

7. Is there any techniques you would like to learn? Mmmm not sure.

8. Do you dye fiber? If not, would you like to learn? Recently dyed my first lot of fibre. Much fun!

9. Do you have fiber prep tools (and like to use them) or would you prefer ready to spin fiber? I have equipment to spin from fleece - have yet to learn what is the ok parts of fleece and what is not. What fleece is good etc. Ready to spin fibre is much easier however.

10. What do you do with your handspun? What projects have you completed? Have made various garments for adults and children. Have done fine for knitting a shawl - my first fleece from scratch!

11. Are you in need of any spinning gadgets (WPI Gauge, threading hook, etc)? Do not have a wpi gauge - not sure that we have such a fascination for that here. We spin 'til it looks right.

12. What colors "fall into your shopping basket"? Any colors you just can't stand? Love green! But also love colour combinations, having flecked wool to knit with, variegated is great! Can't really stand bright oranges or harsh yellows.

13. What is on your wheel/spindle right now? Having 2 wheels - one has oatmeal coloured romney being spun fine and navajo plied, other has brown fleece - unknown breed - but carded by myself and spun 2 ply.

14. What other crafts/hobbies do you have? KNITTING!!! and crochet and cross stitch and beading, sewing and and and. Mainly knitting.

15. Other than crafts, what are you passionate about? Living a good life! My family, my cat!

16. Do you have an online wishlist? NO keep it in my head!

17. Is there anything that you collect? Only in a small way - cat stuff mainly figurines, winnie-the-pooh stuff that has appealed, and treasures my sons have made for me.

18. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What magazine subscriptions do you have? Opinionated Knitter E Zimmermann, anything that has exquisite patterns, love vintage books/patterns.

19. When is your birthday? 26 July

20. What book or movie character do you most resemble in personality? The extras - always quietly working away in the background!

21. What is the climate like where you live around this time (need to know for careful shipments of anything meltable)? We are in the middle of winter - so no melting yet!

22. Tell us one weird fact about yourself!

Favorites
favorite painting/picture(link):

Candy: Any! chocolate would probably be tops.

Food: Any except offal.

Drink: Coffee

Movie(s): Starwars - the first one!

TV Show(s): Science fiction stuff mainly - terminator - SC Chronicles, Stargate Atlantis.

Book(s): Science Fiction, fantasy etc. Probably Anne McCaffrey would be near the top!

Guilty Pleasure(s): Lying in bed on a cold day with a good book - when possible!

HHHN Questionaire

1. How long have you been spinning? What skill level do you consider yourself? 1 1/2 yrs, Intermediate
2. What kinds of yarn do you create (singles/2-ply/3-ply/art yarn)? Singles, laceweight, I have done 2 ply in a class.
3. What do you spin with (spindle/wheel/both)? Wheel, but I can spindle
4. What are your favorite fibers to spin with (type, brand, etc)? Anything you don't like? I have done silk, but mostly wool. I have done bits of bamboo, camel, alpaca in my spinning class.
5. What kind of fiber do you want to try? All of them. LOL.
6. Is there any techniques you would like to learn? I have done Spinning 101 and 201 at a LYS in Austin.
7. What do you do with your handspun? What projects have you completed? I am almost done with a Scribble Lace Scarf made with my hand dyed hand spun silk as the skinny yarn and it's really nice.
8. Do you have an online wishlist? Yes on Amazon
9. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy? Not really. Snickers.
10. What other crafts/hobbies do you have? Crochet and knitting. More knitting than crochet. 11. What's your favorite color(s? Any colors you just can't stand? Purple, Black, Red's earth colors. Don't really like Hot pinks, lime greens, etc.
12. What is on your wheel right now? Black shetland
13. Is there anything that you collect? Sheep, cows (not real ones)14. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What magazine subscriptions do you have? Knit picks harmony's. Toy patterns by Alan Dart (the dragon is the cutest thing), from my Ravelry you can see I already have a big library and I have some that I can't list becuase they aren't on their list. I subscribe to Interweave Knits, Creative Knitting, and Knit Simple. I buy Spin Off at the store.
15. When is your birthday? August 29th16. Are you on Ravelry/flickr? If so, what's your ID? Yes
http://www.ravelry.com/people/Mimitojwm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75744755@N00

Last day to sign up

Hurry, today is the last day to signup to participate!

HHHH Questionnaire

Here is the questionnaire. Please post the answers to these questions on your blog or in the Ravelry group thread by July 3 and make sure your pal is able to find it (if you post a lot, put a link to it on a sidebar). You are not obligated to answer everything, but the more info your pal has on you, the more options they have to gather up things for your package!

1. How long have you been spinning? What skill level do you consider yourself?

2. What kinds of yarn do you create (singles/2-ply/3-ply/art yarn)?

3. What do you spin with (spindle/wheel/both)?

4. What are your favorite fibers to spin with? Anything you don't like?

5. Who are your favorite crack dealers fiber sources (etsy or otherwise)?

6. What kind of fiber do you want to try?

7. Is there any techniques you would like to learn?

8. Do you dye fiber? If not, would you like to learn?

9. Do you have fiber prep tools (and like to use them) or would you prefer ready to spin fiber?

10. What do you do with your handspun? What projects have you completed?

11. Are you in need of any spinning gadgets (WPI Gauge, threading hook, etc)?

12. What colors "fall into your shopping basket"? Any colors you just can't stand?

13. What is on your wheel/spindle right now?

14. What other crafts/hobbies do you have?

15. Other than crafts, what are you passionate about?

16. Do you have an online wishlist?

17. Is there anything that you collect?

18. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What magazine subscriptions do you have?

19. When is your birthday?

20. What book or movie character do you most resemble in personality?

21. What is the climate like where you live around this time (need to know for careful shipments of anything meltable)?

22. Tell us one weird fact about yourself!

Favorites
favorite painting/picture(link):

Candy:

Food:

Drink:

Movie(s):

TV Show(s):

Book(s):

Guilty Pleasure(s):

Looky here, Chummy!

Just want to let everybody know (if you don't know already) that HHHH has been announced on L&V's Daily Chum!

Isn't this all exciting? ;-)

Ravlery group

I also added a Ravelry group - http://www.ravelry.com/groups/hush-hush-handspun-hootenanny

It is easier to chat/ask questions there, so please join!

Also, the fiber sources links have been adding up. I searched around for some EU fiber sources and came up with a bunch! So happy stash building! :)

Fiber Sources

I'm adding a list of the fiber sources that I have. If you don't see one on the list (I'm sure I'm missing many!), please let me know and I will add it! Although that will probably result in me buying more fiber, but oh well...