become

Surely a man needs a closed place
wherein he may strike root and,
like the seed, become. But also
he needs the great Milky Way
above him and the vast sea spaces,
though neither stars nor ocean
serve his daily needs. 

~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry,
The Wisdom of the Sands

 

 After all the rain we have
had it was nice to see clear
skies so I declared a field
trip day and we headed to

my favorite place,

the beach.



I saw my first ever live

spider crab,

 

and collected lots

of shells, although

no whole sand dollars

on this trip.

 I brought my pi shawl

so you could see it. 

 

Truthfully, after blocking

it really is more the size of a

throw than a shawl.

 

Now that reminds me

of a whole sand dollar!

I used two skeins of

Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool

in Oatmeal and two skeins

of Paton's Classic Wool in

Denim, all on size 9 needles.

I realized last week while still

knitting on the shawl that I didn't

own a shawl pin. I walked around the

yard until I discovered a stick

from the apple tree. A sharp knife,

a lot of whittling, a Dremmel tool

for sanding and several coats of

Tung Oil later I now have a shawl

pin.

While walking on the beach collecting

shells I had another idea,

how about a shawl pin made

from shells?

 

I collected dozens of sea worn
oyster shells made smooth
over time and brought them
home.

I think it works perfect.

 

Have a fun weekend.

Love,

Tracey