Tote Exchange

Welcome to the Tote Exchange where you can sign up to secretly knit and exchange a bag / tote / purse that is knit or knit & felted. The exchange is now closed to new participants, but please remember to post each month with your progress. All participants should receive their package by July 21, 2006.

Friday, March 31, 2006

Ann's Questionnaire

1. Name and blogger handle: Ann
2. Blog URL: http://kittiesknitting.blogspot.com
3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: Surprise me
4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: Natural fibers please. No neon colors.
5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual: Casual
6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? Either one
7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): Anything you create will be a treat for me!

Sherri's Answers

Questionnaire:
1. Name and blogger handle: Sherri Barrett Blog: She Knits Too
2. Blog URL (if applicable): http://she-knits-too.blogspot.com/
3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me:surprise me
4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes:I don't care for sparkly yarn, and I'm not much of a fibre snob. Fav colours - Purples, pinks, dark blue, lime green, deep blue red. Fav Fibers - wool (for felting), cotton ... nothing 'froofy', and I think beading is VERY cool!!!
5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? depends on the mood - lol .... but mostly casual
6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? I'm flexible, I'll ship anywhere
7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): be creative, and go bigger rather than smaller .... something that can go over the shoulder works great as I have 3 kids!!

Laurie's questionnaire

1. Name and blogger handle: Laurie / knitwitarmywife

2. Blog URL (if applicable): http://knitwitarmywife.blogspot.com/

3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: Surprise me!

4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: Pretty much anything goes w/ me! I'd say I'm easy but I'm afraid you guys might get the wrong idea *wink*

5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? I'm a SAHM so casual is always best!!

6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? Either is fine!

7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): Let those needles (or hook!) fly! I am always appreciative of others handiwork & cannot see what you've done!!! Thanks for being my pal!!!!

Lisa's questionaire:), in college station, Tx

Questionnaire:
1. Name and blogger handle: Lisa Lowe, lisadukk1
2. Blog URL (if applicable):
3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: Surprise me
4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: only thing I don't like is orange and too much fufu:)
5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? Casual
6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? No preference
7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): can't think of anything right now...:)

Sharons questionnaire

Questionnaire:1. Name and blogger handle: Sharon Lamb email s_toolesassybrat2@yahoo.com2. Blog URL (if applicable): sassybratluvs2knit3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: Surprise me4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: Brown , Black, Red, Something to go with denium, even Blue5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? Casual6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? No preference7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): Love anything unique.

Colette in MB Questionnaire

Questionnaire:
1. Name and blogger handle:Colette in MB
2. Blog URL (if applicable): http://knittinghomeschoolmom.blogspot.com/
3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: Surprise me.
4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: Favorite colour is red but I do not dislike any colour. Prefer natural fibers.
5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? Casual.
6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? Prefer same country.
7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): Anything will be great. Wild and wacky or conservative doesn't matter to me.

Debra's Questionaire Answers

Hope I am doing this right..
Questionnaire:
1. Name and blogger handle: Debra, joyfulmamaofmany
2. Blog URL (if applicable):http://woolieacres.blog-city.com
3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: I would love a felted purse
4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: I am a yarn snob.. I do love funky novelty yarns but otherwise I am a natural fibers gal.. Right now my favorite colors are blues and apple green- actually together. I will post a picture on my blog of what I mean..
5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? casual
6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? same country
7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): In 6 weeks I will be having our 6th child- our 5th boy in a row.. probably why my favorite colors are blue and green. Would love a purse I could use as a diaper bag.. it would get seen more that way :-)

Monday, March 27, 2006

Kim in NJs questionnaire

Questionnaire:
1. Name and blogger handle: Kim in NJ
2. Blog URL (if applicable): no blog as yet
3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: I like felted, but feel free to suprise me if you don't want to felt
4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: I like most fibers; for colors, I like just about everything except browns, yellowy-greens, oranges, and other really earthy colors (which are fine as accents). Favorites are blues and purples.
5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? casual
6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? either one is fine
7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): I have pretty eclectic tastes when it comes to knitting (0r crochet, for that matter), so don't agonize over any decisions. If you knit it (or crochet), I'll like it.

Happy knitting!

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Bonnie's (Tres Bon Babble) Questionnaire

1. Name and blogger handle: Bonnie

2. Blog URL (if applicable): http://tresbonbabble.blogspot.com/

3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: Surprise me.

4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: Nothing furry or fuzzy. I like bright colors but classics are nice, too.

5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? BOTH!

6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? Doesn't matter to me.

7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): Can't think of anything!

Bonnie

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Two-Socks's Questionnaire

1. Name and blogger handle: Two-Socks (Selina)

2. Blog URL (if applicable): http://knit2socks.blogspot.com

3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: Surprise me, of course. I don't mind either way.

4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: I don't think I have any prejudices at the moment. Although, don't make anything out of recycled garbage bags please. (I just saw a DIY episode on this topic.) :)

5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? I am casual most of the time.

6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? Doesn't matter to me.

7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): I tend to be fairly conservative, liking classic solid color designs. I like mimimalist fashion and rarely ever follow what any beauty magazine will tell women these days. I own a black purse, a multicolored patchwork purse in brown/purple colors, and a handknit South American purse knit in Southwestern style with geometric shapes. I also own a pink purse. :) I like unique arts, but I like it to be quite tame, I suppose, in comparison to most fashionista's tastes. I don't own a knitting bag yet if that helps. (hint, hint)

Allison T's Questionnaire

Questionnaire:
1. Name and blogger handle: My name is Allison T. I don't have a blogger handle yet but maybe some day!

2. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me: I'm happy to have whatever my pal feels like making

3. Color/fiber likes and dislikes: I love purple, red and bright colors. Not crazy aboutdark green and probably don't want a purse that's too fuzzy but some different textures are fun.

4. Do you tend to be dressy or casual? Casual

5. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international? International would be great.

6. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal): I'm excited that you're my pal and am looking forward to this exchange!

The Questionnaire

Please e-mail ToteExchangeHostesses(no spam)@gmail.com with your questionnaire, email, and personal mailing addresses. ALL MAILING ADDRESSES WILL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL except to the pal knitting you the purse (tote, bag, etc.), of course. Please post this questionnaire with your answers directly to the blog.

Questionnaire:
1. Name and blogger handle:

2. Blog URL (if applicable):

3. Do you want a purse that is felted/not felted/surprise me:

4. Color/fiber likes and dislikes:

5. Do you tend to be dressy or casual?

6. Prefer a pal who lives in the same country/is international?

7. Miscellaneous info (anything you want to tell your pal):

Saturday, March 18, 2006

The Rules and Guidelines

Welcome to the Tote Exchange. We hope you will decide to participate. So how does it work? You will make a tote/purse/handbag for someone and your Secret Pal will make a tote for you. The "totes" can be big or small, felted or not - whatever you want to make. If you are interested please read the rules (below) and then send an e-mail to mailto:ToteExchangeHostesses@(no spam)gmail.com. Please include your name, online nickname (if applicable, i.e. Kim in NJ) e-mail address, street address and phone number. This information will only be available to the Hostesses and your Secret Pal. We will then send you an invite to join the blog. Once you have joined, you need to complete the questionnaire and post it on the blog. Signups will close on April 14, 2006 and all totes must be delivered by July 21, 2006. Let us know if you have any questions and we hope you will join in the fun. TOTE ON!

The Rules:
We hope everyone will have a good time, but to make sure things go smoothly we have a few rules that we ask you to follow:

1. You must sign up and complete the questionnaire by April 14, 2006 and all totes must be delivered by July 21st. Please only participate if you can meet this deadline. You will receive your SecretPal assignment no later than April 21st.

2. Minimum to spend: $25 USD for the tote or if you use handspun, please spend at least $15 USD on materials. Anything above these minimums is at your discretion. These minimums do not include postage. Please note that postage may be international, though we will try to honor requests for pals in the same country, if possible.

3. We STRONGLY suggest that when you send your bag you use a method that allows for tracking. It does not cost much but can alleviate the issue of all of your hard work being "lost in the mail".

4. You must post at least once in April, once in May and once in June. Additional posts and comments are up to you, but of course, the more on the blog, the more fun it is for everyone.

5. It is your choice if you want to reveal your identityto your Secret Pal. If you want to notify your Pal and keep your identity a secret, we suggest getting a new e-mail account that doesn't identify you. These are available for free on gmail and other sources on the web.

6. As they say in "Pirates of the Caribbean," the questionnaire isn't so much of a firm rule as a guideline. The answers to the questionnaire are to give you insight in to what your Secret Pal likes, but you do NOT have to slavishly follow it.

7. If something happens and you can not complete your project on time, please tell the Hostesses ASAP so we can contact the angels and your Secret Pal won't miss out.

8. If you sign up, but don't keep your end of the bargain (without telling us ahead of time) we're afraid we'll have to report you to the knitting blog police, who will ban you from future exchanges.

9. Try something new - challenge yourself and most of all - HAVE FUN!

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

WELCOME!

Welcome to the Tote Exchange. We hope you will decide to participate. So how does it work? You will make a tote/purse/handbag for someone and your Secret Pal will make a tote for you. The "totes" can be big or small, felted or not - whatever you want to make. If you are interested please read the rules and then send an e-mail to mailto:ToteExchangeHostesses(no spam)@gmail.com. Please include your name, online nickname (if applicable, i.e. Kim in NJ) e-mail address, street address and phone number. This information will only be available to the Hostesses and your Secret Pal. We will then send you an invite to join the blog. Once you have joined, you will need to complete the questionnaire and post it on the blog. Signups will close on April 14, 2006 and all totes must be delivered by July 21, 2006. Let us know if you have any questions and we hope you will join in the fun. TOTE ON!