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1. What Hogwarts house have you been sorted into?
Hufflepuff

2. Shoe size? Foot length? Foot circumference?
Um.. I guess it'd be a Womens 10.5 WWW But here's the specs: 10 inches long, 11" circumference at top of toes 12.5 at top of foot, and ankle is 13inches.

3. List your three favorite sock yarns.
a. Koigu (KPPPM)
b. Trekking
c. Opal

4. Would you like to try a new brand of sock yarn? If so, which brand?
I would probably most prefer a new brand- any of the following would be MORE than awesome: STR, Chewy Spaghetti, Fleece artist (espcially the sea wool), Tofuttsies, Zen String, Scarlet Fleece. I'm open to anything pretty and good quality.

Probably best to not get me any knitpicks sock yarns, though. I have pretty much every color that's there.

5. Do you prefer variegated or solid sock yarn?
Variegated all the way. Solid is nice, too, though. My favorite is the varied solids of 1 color- you know, where the color is all the same but varied, like the kettledyed stuff from handpaintedyarn.com

6. What colors would you like to add to your sock yarn stash?
Any colors. I'm especially fond of the ROYGBIV rainbow, but not especially fond of any other "rainbow" combinations, so if it claims to be rainbow but doesn't have ROYGBIV, i probably won't like it. Also not a huge fan of pastels, but pretty much anything else i'll love.

7. What kind of sock patterns do you gravitate toward? Lace? Ribbed? Fair Isle?
Anything that ISN'T fair isle

8. Do you have any allergies? (smoke, animals, etc.)
None, but dislike smoke.

9. Will your socks be exposed to cigarette smoke or animals as you knit them?
They only animal they will be exposed to will be ME. lol. I wash and block before sending though so none of my long falling out hairs will get in.

10. Are you willing to have an international Hogwarts Sock Pal?
I'd rather not.
Now onto the fun stuff...



Sign-ups for the swap start on July 14th and it's totally going to be worth it. You should ALL sign up. Basically, what you do is knit a pair of socks for someone else, and if this is your first time participating (you should already know about the swap if it isn't) then you'll be sending along with that knitted pair of socks (In your buddy's house colors) & a set of sock needles as well as a set of stitch markers.

"Second years," though (and this is my favorite part) since they already have participated in the swap and have this stuff already, get to send sock yarn and a pattern instead, because they already got the first stuff. How great is that? How many swaps even pay attention to that? Yay!

EDIT to ADD: Second years also send bookmarks. Woohoo!

You do have to do a little extra, and if you're planning on signing up come July 14 pay attention- 1, you have to visit the Hogwarts Name Generator (or come up with your own Hogwarts name, like I did) and get a name. Then you need to create an email address containing that name (I got a gmail one with Holly Heathertoes in it). Then you determine what house you're in (Hufflepuff here), and then you email the headmistress your necessary information. A little more work than last time but still pretty simple and totally worth it to participate in a superfun swap. I know I'm really looking forward to it.

So go SIGN UP!