Each fall, I make The Gentleman a new pair of hand knit socks to keep his feet warm during his adventures hiking, foraging mushrooms, wandering along trails, driving long gravel roads. The low tides along the Pacific Ocean made for amazing clam digging this season, while the bracing winds and fall light played at the water’s edge inspired the m...

As the winds pick up along the river in the late fall, I find myself inside knitting and baking while The Gentleman heads outside and into the woods. He spends hours hiking, foraging mushrooms, wandering along trails, driving down logging roads. Each year, I make him a new pair of hand knit socks to keep his feet warm on his adventures. Knit in...

Sunrise on the Columbia River is beautiful and ever shifting as the light reflects on the water and the sky and clouds add to the drama. In the quiet of the morning, surrounded by all the reflections and color, I walk our greyhounds and ponder the new day. This color work hat is knit in two colors of sock weight yarn and makes for a lightweight...

The Gentleman fished in Alaska as a young man, and I love to hear his stories of the islands along the Inside Passage – rocky shores with tall stands of Sitka spruce rising up, waves crashing, wind and rain blowing, and respite found in leeward inlets. Baranof’s modified and textured ribbed pattern makes for a quick knit and the four sizes will...

Low tide on the Columbia River reveals the Desdemona Sands, a shoal that divides the main channel, located near the Astoria-Megler Bridge. It was once a place where fishermen used horses for seine fishing, and there was even a lighthouse there atop huge pilings. The Desdemona Sweater is a short sleeve v-neck created from a textured yoke that is...

Built in 1811, Fort Astoria (also called Fort George) was the first American-owned settlement on the Pacific coast. This National Historic Landmark, located in downtown Astoria, Oregon, consists of a reconstructed Block House and inspired the knit panel and mock cable motifs of this predominately garter stitch scarf.

A friend recently learned to knit, and after several washcloths, she needed to find that next project. The 3L (Life Long Learning) Sampler Cowl is a skill building pattern that uses basic stitch combinations and includes both written patterns and charts. And for the more experienced knitter, it’s a quick, textured project.

Several times a day, the tide turns on the Columbia River, causing huge freighters to swing on their anchor lines a full one hundred and eighty degrees while the piers, pilings, bridges and mountains hold steadfast.

Connecting the coastal communities of the Pacific Northwest, Highway 101 curves through rain forests – tall trees, ferns, vines, flowers – and along cliff edges, hovering over sand, rock, the Pacific’s waves with the vast sky filled with mountains of clouds. This lightweight cowl uses two fingering weight yarns, combined in a lace and a garter-...

At the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon, huge freighters await the next step in their journeys. The large anchor lines from their bows, which allow them to swing effortlessly in the changing tides, inspired the cable panel of this bandana shaped cowl.

Inspired by the tree lined ridge, which rises above the river and runs through town, and the adventures found along its trails, this slightly slouchy hat is created with a modified fern lace pattern and star-inspired crown shaping.