Well, you asked!

Okay - five of the things you wanted to know:

What was your favorite craft as a kid? (Capello, being nice and non-confrontational - her words, not mine!)

My mother was deeply into Macrame (yes, I am a child of the 70's) and I was roped in (bad pun) as a sort of human clamp. All that knot-knowledge was very handy when the scoobidou craze hit first time found. I was a mean scoobidooer. I also loved those string art pictures. And scratch-a-foil. D'you see a pattern - instant gratification with an ability to follow instructions more relevant than artistic flair. Oh yeah - that's me.

Did you go to college, and if so what was your major? (Kirsten)
University of Sheffield: Physical Geography - gravel bed rivers were my big thing. I wanted to do a PhD, but couldn't secure funding so I went off to Edinburgh to do an MSc in Environmental Technology instead. Great city. I loved University, but if I had my time again, I would do something different - forensic science maybe.

How did you meet your hubby? Was it love at first sight????? :) (JoJo)

We played for the same hockey team in Sheffield. I stalked him until he gave in. Shameless.

What do you sound like?? Where were you born? (Tiel and Emma)

Well, that's a pretty hard one to answer. More Kate Winslet than Dame Judy Dench. Not at all like the Queen. A bit squeaky when I get excited, or angry. As if my teeth are too big for my mouth - is 'toothy' a valid description of one's voice? Southern, fairly RP I think. I was born in Bermuda, but my accent would never lead you there.

If you could do something with your crafting now, what would you do? (Raspberry)

Now, there's a question. I guess I *could* do something with crafting now. But do I? With Johnny at pre-school, I am forced to consider what I do when I no longer have a small child at home full time. It's not a comfortable question, so if you don't mind, I think I'll put my head under the pillow for a while and pretend I don't have to think about it.
Instead, let me distract you from that non-answer by looking at this great plate I found today. I popped into the Charity shop to get a saucer to put under a leaky plant pot and came home with 6 of these - 35p each. I love them.

Comments

[Catrina]

That was Great!! You had some wonderful questions to answer.

P.S. I also stalked my husband! :)

[Dee]

My mothers macrame was awesome! She made a whole macrame wall divider... wooden beads and all.

[kirsten]

thanks for answering the ??'s
nice to learn more about you!

[Soo]

it's much more fun to answer questions from everyone else! very funny.....thanks so much for sharing!

[tiel s-k]

thanks for sharing. love those flying ducks. I'm trying to do something with flying ducks at the moment..well lets say this year somethime!

[julie]

We're a tough crowd to please - brave of you to take questions from the floor and answer them too! My mum was also into macrame - she still has a few pot holders knocking about. Isn't macrame due for a revival? Great plates - good for cupcakes!

[nicbiccie]

Geography was my major at uni too! Nice plates...you gotta love those charity shop finds!

[monica]

hey we almost studied the same things! I started Physical Geography but swapped to Human Geography (measuring pebbles on river bed on a wet weekend in Wales convinced me that wasn't for me!) And my other major was environmental policy. Very crafty.

[Hay]

You're never gonna believe this but my mum and dad made string pictures,to make theirs original they used a velvet backing, metallic thread and finished them off with gold or silver frames.