Spring Projects

I completed the Duxbury sweater from Simply Shetland and sent it off to Chelsea, after I tried it on.  I wanted to wear it for a day or two but the weather wasn’t going to allow her to wear it for too much longer this season. I love the way it came out.  I enjoyed [...]

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Water works

There’s a dredge project taking place off Fire Island this winter to add sand to the beaches east of here. There’s a barge offshore and it’s pumping sand onto the beach through a big pipe. This lucky guy is surveying the bottom before the sand is deposited. It was in 20’s today and the wind [...]

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The Pitter Patter of Little Feet

We awakened this morning to the pitter patter of little feet – above our heads.  We looked up and the skylight was covered with what I think were Eastern Starlings that were taking advantage of the ice melting off the skylight. This one looks a little bit like a penguin.  I’m not sure about that [...]

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Baby it’s cold outside

The weather outside is frightful…well not exactly but it’s pretty cold so I have taken to indoor projects.  I knitted up a baby set based upon Elizabeth Zimmerman and just love it.  I enjoy that her projects get me to think like a knitter and not just follow a pattern completely. Next i knit up [...]

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