This cowl is part of my year long seasonal series and represents the color and pattern of spring! The hand dyed yarn reminded me of tea roses which led me to this simple cable pattern that mimics roses climbing a trellis. The silk in the yarn lends itself to a beautiful drape, and the lightweight yarn is perfect for cool mornings or evenings be...

While I recognize that those of us that are a certain age will have a certain song playing in our head when we knit this, the simple cable stitch in the main part of this cowl reminds me of seagulls in flight. Hence the name!

I’m a teacher, and teachers recite the Pledge of Allegiance with their students 180 days a year. In my school, our principal recites the pledge over the PA most days. He also happened to mention how much he’d like one of my knitted hats earlier this year. When I asked about colors, he said he’d really (really) like a red, white, and blue one.

I woke up one morning with a very clear idea of a pattern based on a favorite image of mine: aspen trees in December surrounded by a bed of fallen fall leaves similar to photos by Ansel Adams that were popular in the 1980s. I started with a seed stitch border and then added my birch stitch pattern to the central section to mimic the knots on th...