Checking in

I've been lurking for most of the summer because when it's warm I'm
OUTSIDE!!! Now that it's rainy and a little chilly here in NE Indiana,
I'm catching up on the pile of Christmas scarves I have to make. I
have two down, one on needles, and 4 to go (only takes about a weekend
once I actually sit and work on one, so I have gobs of time left). I
have finished my Wonderful Wallaby in Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool.
It's nice. I added about an inch to the body and almost two inches to
the sleeves to get the medium to fit right. When my dad looked at it
on me his comments we "Hey, the sleeves fit. How much extra did you
have to put on the sleeves?" hee hee hee. That's the one big problem
in this family-- extra long arms and legs for our heights/torsos. I
wanted to wear the sweater when I was backpacking last week, but
decided off white in elk country at the beginning of elk/deer season
might be a bad choice. Beau (the dog) and I hiked well over 100 miles
this summer, 72 miles just last week. My new BF (yay! got rid of the
old mean one) is currently on deployment in Mississippi helping to
clean up, but the rumor is that he'll be back some time next week, he
hopes in time for my birthday on Sunday.

Anyway, I'm still alive, just quiet.

-Amanda
http://www.uberpest.com

Say, my sons unit (those not in Iraq at the moment) are being sent
to New Orleans to help out too. What branch of the service is your BF
in? Hope he does get back in time for your birthday.
The sweater sounds cute, but probably a wise decision not to wear it
now in Elk Country.
Please send some cool weather our way, we're still hovering at the
100F mark.
Marie and the cats-glad you're still alive but hoping you won't be
so quiet.

Hee Amanda
nice to see you
mirjam

Hi, Amanda.
Nice to see you again. I hope you get all your Christmas knitting done.

Katherine

Amanda Tikkanen wrote:
I've been lurking for most of the summer because when it's warm I'm
OUTSIDE!!! Now that it's rainy and a little chilly here in NE Indiana,
I'm catching up on the pile of Christmas scarves I have to make. I
have two down, one on needles, and 4 to go (only takes about a weekend
once I actually sit and work on one, so I have gobs of time left). I
have finished my Wonderful Wallaby in Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool.
It's nice. I added about an inch to the body and almost two inches to
the sleeves to get the medium to fit right. When my dad looked at it
on me his comments we "Hey, the sleeves fit. How much extra did
you have to put on the sleeves?" hee hee hee. That's the one big
problem in this family-- extra long arms and legs for our
heights/torsos. I wanted to wear the sweater when I was backpacking
last week, but decided off white in elk country at the beginning of
elk/deer season might be a bad choice. Beau (the dog) and I hiked
well over 100 miles this summer, 72 miles just last week. My new BF
(yay! got rid of the old mean one) is currently on deployment in
Mississippi helping to clean up, but the rumor is that he'll be back
some time next week, he hopes in time for my birthday on Sunday.

Anyway, I'm still alive, just quiet.

-Amanda
http://www.uberpest.com

Hi Amanda,

Great to see you again. I know what you mean about not knitting in the
heat we have all been having. It left for one week, but is back again
here in upstate NY. Granny squares are great to work on in this
weather. Early birthday wishes and hope the BF gets back in time.

Hugs,

Nora

wrote:
Say, my sons unit (those not in Iraq at the moment) are being sent
to New Orleans to help out too. What branch of the service is your BF
in? Hope he does get back in time for your birthday.

He's was on active duty with the Army in Iraq, but when he was done
with his 4 years he became a Guard instructor. Had only been with the
Guard for about 6 weeks when he was sent to MS. My Dad was also in the
Army (69-74) so he really likes the new BF.

-Amanda
http://www.uberpest.com