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Hi, Jan,

I have about a billion pictures of birds from our brief trip to Sanibel Island.  I’ll spare you most of them, but it will take another day or so before I sort through and find the best to share, along with a travel journal of that lovely escape.

In the meantime,  on the knitting front…

Body done of Norwegian hugs.  I’m on to the sleeves, doing both at once, and only slightly regretting the tangle it makes to have both ends on two balls of yarn going at once.  This is the body pre-steeking, hence the funny bunching at the neck and lack of armholes.  Once I cut it open, it will look like a sweater.

My Springtime Sugarplums are really fun.  I’m designing them on the fly.  I believe I have a perfectly fit thumbtip, but have just decided the gusset is too wide at the base of the thumb and also that it is too tight around the hand, so I guess that means a reknit of most of what you see here.  First I’ll take notes on that thumbtip!

And finally, because yet another baby is on the way amongst friends at work (and also I needed something to knit on our trip that was totally mindless for those moments when pulling out charts and multiple balls of yarn would not do) - Bambinoo, my bamboo blanket for that nascent bambino.   This will be a simple garter square, edged in a deeper teal in some sort of lace pattern, TBD.

I hope you are getting some knitting in on your travels, too.

Love,

Ellen