Swaps
I’ll keep this site updated with my wishlist and questionaires for current swaps
Wishlists:
Amazon Wishlist (including handmade items from Artfire)
Etsy Favourites
Pinterest
About me:
I love to knit and crochet equally, they both have their advantages and disadvantages. I do some sewing as well, even if I’m not very experienced yet, so sewing supplies would be welcome too. As I’m learning how to spin with a drop spindle, I could do with some spinning fiber as well, but please no wool at all for spinning fiber – the tiny bits that fly around will cause an asthma attack, so I can’t spin wool at all. Other animal fibers, milk, bamboo etc are all fine, just no sheep for me please.
My wool allergy keeps me from knitting with commercially dyed wool as well, handdyed is fine though. And I can wear wool as socks, but nowhere else on my skin – don’t know why my feet aren’t as sensitive, but I’m not complaining. So please if you knit anything for me besides a bag or socks, don’t use wool or wool blends. Apart from wool, I’m allergic to cats, cat hair causes asthma attacks too. There are more allergies, but none fiber or food related, so I won’t bore you with a long list of things – just don’t send me anything scented, as some scents might cause asthma too.
Now that we are done with the bad stuff, on to the things I like…
I’m not opposed to any fiber, as long as the yarn feels nice, even 100 % acrylic has it’s use – for amigurumi for example. Of course I prefer to use nice and soft yarns, but as I said, it depends on what I want to use it for. My favourite colours are black, purple and red, but for my son I love almost all colours – just no pastels or pink. And of course I’d love to receive some yarn that is hard to get in Germany like KnitPicks or other US brands – or even handdyed by you.
Something besides sock yarn would be great, I have way too much of that already – but fingering weight yarn without wool is fine, as I can use it for more things than just socks.
There is no such thing as too many stitch markers, but please nothing too long and dangly for me, I prefer shorter markers. Supplies to make my own markers would be great too – supplies for almost any craft would be welcome, now that I think of it. I just don’t like embroidery or cross stitch, everything else is fun.
Recently I started to make knotted jewellery with beads for myself, so cotton or hemp up to 2 mm would be great too, this is addicting – not that I needed another creative hobby, but I just couldn’t resist the book.
On to the non-crafty stuff now…
I’m a goth, wear almost exclusively black with a bit of red or purple thrown in. I collect dragons and everything with dragons on it, but please no cutesy, sparkly ones. But I’m still a girly girl, love lace and ruffles and skirts etc.
I like to cook and bake and love to experiment in the kitchen, to try new things. So new recipes from all over the world would be great, they just should not use too many premade ingredients as I might have a problem finding those here. Or probably some spice mixes like pumpkin spice, can’t get that here. And I recently learned about the awesomeness of Red Velvet Cake, so a cake mix for that would be great to. And it might be hard to believe for you, but we don’t have canned pumpkin puree here, pumpkin isn’t used that much in cooking in Germany.
Tea and coffee are both welcome here, as is cocoa – flavoured or not flavoured, everyone in my family likes something different, so you can’t go wrong with them. The same goes for sweets, we like almost all of them except for licorice. Especially welcome are treats we can’t get easily in Germany like Jelly Babies, Candy Canes, Peanut Butter Cups, Peanut Butter M&Ms (anything with peanut butter, really), Graham Crackers, Oreos, PopTarts (Not the fruity ones, but the s’mores or cinnamon or something similar). Or anything local for you, I like to try things I’ve never had before.
Speaking of my family, I love to find a little something like a small toy or some sweets just for my 7 year old son in the box – he is always terribly disappointed when I receive a box of goodies and there is nothing for him. Doesn’t need to be anything big, just something small that’s just for him. He likes candy (of course), pirates, knights, dragons, cars, Lego, Doctor Who (just Nine and Ten, the rest aren’t available in German yet), Harry Potter and Star Wars. And he doesn’t speak English yet, so books etc in English are of no use for him.
That’s all I can think of now, but if you have any questions, just ask
Measurements:
hands and wrist for gloves I have very small hands, wrist is just 15 cm/6 inch around
hand widest part 17 cm/6.5 inch around
wrist to begin of fingers 10 cm/4 inch
wrist to ellbow 22 cm/8.5 inch
waist 85 cm/33.5 inch
hips (for low sitting belt, not widest part of hips) 97 cm 38.2 inches
bust 92 cm/36.2 inch
underbust 82 cm/32.2 inch
feet European size 36, UK size 2 1/2 or 3, US size 6 (womens)
calf 39 cm/15.5 inch
thigh 60 cm/23.5 inch
ankle to knee 35 cm/13.5 inch
knee to top of stockings 22 cm/9 inch
complete length for stockings 57 cm/22.5 inch
neck 35 cm /13.5 inch
head circumference 54 cm/21.25 inch
