Ah! OCD, thy name is Hannelore! Yet again, Jeph succeeds in making her so cute that I just want to hug her! Am I the only one who can see her spending all night, every night, frantically knitting out inch after inch whilst poor Winslow is on yarn winding detail?
Still, the essential point is correct. Faye has been spinning her wheels for a long time. She hasn't got a hobby that we know of, nor has she many friends; she's just too good at throwing up walls and driving people away. In that, she's probably just trying to avoid getting hurt. Still, this is one of the reasons why I think that Jeph is either going to have her bond with an unexpected existing character or introduce one specifically for the role. If Faye is to progress, she's got to follow up the start that she made with Angus and leave her passive rut.
Given that Hannelore is interested in nine-dimensional knitting, I wonder if that scarf doubles as a transwarp terminal generator?