midgeling: life in a shoe.

I was tagged by Lady Nea Knitsalot!

The rules: Each person tagged gives 7 random facts about themselves. Those who are tagged need to write on their own blog those 7 facts as well as the rules of the game. You need to tag seven other people and list their names on your blog. Then you leave those you plan on tagging a note in their comments so they know that they have been tagged and to read your blog.

1. My husband and I had several dreams of each other -eating at separate tables an outdoor cafe in Paris near the Eiffel Tower - when we were kids. We didn't meet each other until we were 18. It was really creepy when we first talked about these dreams and figured the whole thing out.

2. I taught myself to knit from a book I checked out at the library in the summer of 1996. It took me over 4 hours to knit a basketweave dishcloth. I spent the next year knitting dishrags and swatches I ended up ripping out. My first real project I knit was a cropped top from Family Circle Easy Knitting out of Peaches & Cream cotton. I had leftover yarn so I knit Harley some matching socks.

3.I am half Japanese and half Chamorro. Most people don't know what the hell Chamorro is, so to non-Asians, I just say "Yeah, I am Japanese."

4. I knit like I cook. I can't follow a recipe or pattern exactly. When I try to follow things to the letter they come out really bad. I always have to tweak something. It may be more of a superstition or self-fulfilling prophecy kind of thing now, but whatever. I have my groove, and in my groove I will happily live.

5. I sniff my yarn. Frequently. Yes, people look. My favorite? Zen String's Lotus Toes. I don't know what the heck Angelina soaks the yarn in, but it is divine. I have a skein of Jamie and I don't want to knit with it because it will be harder for me to bring myself to sniff socks. Especially after wearing them. I prefer my yarn to smell like good things - like Lotus Toes does. Or even lanolin. I don't like when yarn smells like chemicals or cigarette smoke.

6. I do other things besides knitting. I dabble in a WHOLE LOT of other stuff. Sewing/quilting, tatting, crochet, Romanian Point Lace, bobbin lace (though this is really more like tangling and cussing than making lace), drawing and spinning are some of the things that quickly come to mind.

7. I am pretty darn claustrophobic. I once almost passed out in a Kiva in New Mexico because I made the mistake of looking up at the teeny hole in the ceiling where the ladder led out. It took me several years to stop feeling really ill while driving through the I-90 tunnels that go under Mercer Island and parts of Seattle.

Okay, I need to tag my 7 people....

1. Weebug, of course.
2. April
3. Kung Fu Knitting
4. Stariel
5. Lexy
6. The Impossible Princess
7. Bubbles and Purls