My name is Lizz Fransen and I live on beautiful Vancouver Island in British Columbia. I grew up in a fairly small town, with my parents and brother. Fortunately I wasn't too far from towns with malls and grocery stores. I moved to Nanaimo where I bought a townhouse that I share with my roommate Michael and Fashnik, Nik for short, who I like to call a kitten (and probably always will).

I went back to school full-time in January 2005 and in June 2009 I completed a Bachelor in Business Administration at Vancouver Island University (VIU). During my time as a student at VIU, I was lucky enough to find a work op position as an Administrative Assistant that enabled me to get a full-time position when I was finished my degree. Before returning to school I worked for a fairly large industrial company for a couple of years as a Desktop Publisher/Administrative Assistant.

I'm a hockey fanatic who doesn't watch the NHL until the Junior A season has ended. My team is the Cowichan Valley Capitals. If you're interested in the hockey aspect of my life you can check out the site my Mom and I do, CapsSuperFans.com

I'm really close to my family, they're more than just relatives, I consider them friends too. I won't name all of my non-immediate family members but to give you an idea size-wise my Dad is one of six children who all have at least two children each and my Mom is one of four children who have children that make up 4 cousins, 1 step-cousin,and a whole bunch of foster cousins. Plus now that my cousins and friends are all getting married there are tonnes of babies that I can knit for.

My knitting history

I've been knitting since I was young, I'm not sure how young though. My Mom or my Grandma might know. I got my Grandma to teach my, she is a wonderful knitter and always has something interesting on her needles. My mom is also a knitter, and since I started knitting avidly she's always got something on her needles now too. My early knitting projects never got completed though, I just didn't have enough discipline to finish them off. I think I might still have a puppet somewhere that just needs a face embroidered onto it and it's seams sewn together. Around 2000, I picked up the needles again and actually completed a few projects. Then I moved to Nanaimo and the knitting became forgotten again for about a year.

Shortly after picking up the needles again I started this blog, with the idea that I'd be less likely to put down the needles and forget to pick them back up if I was writing about knitting. It worked well at the start and then my blogging time got eaten up with schoolwork and although I kept knitting I didn't keep blogging!