http://www.sleepylisa.com Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:08:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my goals has been to knit more socks - and learn different techniques (toe-up socks in particular). With this in mind, I signed up to be part of the Summer of Socks 2007 knit-along (a bunch of knitters all dedicating the summer to knitting socks and posting ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2007/07/06/slow-start-to-summer-of-socks-2007-or-iterations-of-a-green-sock/ I thought I had just recently posted, but apparently that was 20 days ago. Doh! Since the beginning of June, I've completed two knitting projects. The first was a lace shawl for Gord's grandma - my grandma-in-law. Grandma was headed into the hospital for surgery and since she ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2007/06/21/late-spring-projects/ Not sure if anyone is still bothering to check my site - its been ages since I've posted. I'm now fully settled in Austin. And I've been busy knitting up baby sweaters - for baby girl Fischer, expected this September. The first sweater completed is the Elizabeth Zimmermann "February ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2007/06/01/baby-sweaters/ There has been a severe lack of posting going on here. I feel as though I really haven't had anything interesting to write about - until now. This Friday Gord and I are making the drive to Austin, TX permanent-like. We decided in January that the place we best ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2007/02/20/moving-to-atx/ So much for my goal to post more than once a week. Okay, I'll try to be better going forward. Other than a couple trips to KC for Doctor's appts for me and Gord, I haven't been doing much here in Harveyville lately. The weather has been ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2007/01/18/knitting-to-keep-warm/ Happy New Year! Its 2007, a year that I expect to be extra special (I am turning 30 after all). Rather than create New Year's Resolutions, which generally don't get a second glance from me after the second week of January, this year I'm creating an "Uberlist". ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2007/01/03/my-2007-uberlist/ Merry Christmas to all. Gord and I are in Canada for the holidays. We're currently in Nottawa, ON staying with Gord's parents. We opened our gifts on Christmas eve and today we spent in Orillia, ON visiting Gord's grandmother and his Aunt Leigh and her family. Leigh has ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2006/12/25/merry-christmas/ Its raining outside today. Which makes for an unpleasant inside experience as there is no sun to warm up the rooms. Its 58 inside right now. The boiler usually comes on around 12am or 1am so I crank it as long as I can before I go ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2006/12/20/raining-and-to-do-lists/ Hoorah, I finished seaming my Rogue Hoodie last night very early this morning. Its all done now (well, the hood could use a re-blocking, but I don't want to bother with it right now) and its been on me all day. Here is me outside the school - today ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2006/12/13/my-rogue-hoodie-is-done/ This past Saturday, Gord and I drove into Kansas City to attend Julie & Louis' baby shower (mama-to-be is absolutely glowing). In addition to some Babies-R-Us stuff (no B-R-Us in Topeka - how weird is that!), I knit up a baby bonnet and some booties. Baby stuff is ... http://www.sleepylisa.com/2006/12/07/knitting-baby-stuff/