These patterns are exclusive to members of the Indie Untangled Where We Knit 2017 club. It will be available to purchase on November 15, 2017.

The name of this hat is a nod to my mom’s and Karin’s childhoods. Both of them spent at least one

In January, 2020, I met a friend for tea in Chinatown and then strolled to the financial district. This pattern is inspired by the gracile trusswork under the Brooklyn bridge.

Mitts are a low-risk entry into the world of understanding color dominance in two color stranded knitting. The dominance changes within each mitt, creating subtle stripes and texture.

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Inspired by the patterns the water makes in the hot springs near Alphena, a little ranching community in eastern Oregon, this two-color cowl uses slipped stitch colorwork to create ripples.

Dr. Marie Equi was a doctor who lived in Oregon and California from the 1890s until her death in 1952. She was an out lesbian who was not afraid to buck the system by speaking for peace, access to health care for women (including birth control and abortion), women’s rights, and better working conditions.

Hard Rime is that milky ice that forms on object during a cold snap with freezing fog and wind. Under an electron microscope the top has these little spikey points that are echoed in single pops of contrasting color. The sides of the ice crystal have parallel lines with smaller branches that break of and meet in regular points like the sides of...

Every year I pass a cable-stayed bridge on the way to Madrona (a fiber show outside of Seattle). In honor of the last year of Madrona, my newest brioche hat is named after the 21st Bridge.

The sky can split and refract light in a number of seemingly magical ways. This pattern reflects that with triangular lace breaking into rainbowed ribbing. The rainbow yarn was too special to not be hidden in shoes.

The lace of this shawl emulates the flow of the water in Tanner Springs flowing under cobble stones and pavement as Portland has forced the former stream underground. Then the lace mimics the Willamette River, Columbia River, Astoria Bar, and finally the waves of the Pacific.

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The name is the Dutch term for Tulip Mania as the pattern reminds me of tulips.

This was inspired but the glass floats used on fishing nets that have washed up on the Oregon Coast. (Now they are produced as art pieces at the many glass blowers in the region.)

All sales (after PayPay/Ravelry/VAT) from the release date until March 8th, 2018 (International Women’s Day) will be given to Casa de las Madres, Rose Haven, Step Up, and Planned Parenthood.

Brioche looks far more complex than it is. It is basically slipped stitches and yarn overs.

The idea came from wave patterns made by undercut rocks on whitewater.

Dilley is a tiny town in Washington County, Oregon.

Elmonica is a tiny town in Washington County, Oregon. It is a portmanteau of the daughters’ names of a farmer in the area. Eleanor and Monica became Elmonica.

Noricum is the Latin name of a Celtic people who lived in what is now Austria.

Aonori is a type of edible seaweed. This pattern mimics the water layers and the air bladders that some seaweeds have to maintain optimal place in the water column.

The model owns a local bakery with wonderful macarons which she makes with Italian Meringue. This meringue is more stable and like the shawl, once one is accustomed to making it (the meringue or middle repeat) it become second nature.

This pattern is exclusive to members of the Indie Untangled Where We Knit 2017 club. It will be available to purchase on November 15, 2017.

This pattern is exclusive to members of the Indie Untangled Where We Knit 2017 club. It will be available to purchase on November 15, 2017.

Linnton is a neighborhood in NW Portland.

Sycan is a river and a marsh in southern Oregon. The flow of the cables represent the flow of the river.

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The lace patterns on this shawl was inspired by the reflections of the bridges in Portland on the Willamette River. While the shape seems complex to knit but it is not - it is basically a top down triangle with a chunk taken out of it. This shape allows the shawl to sit on one’s shoulders securely without need of a shawl pin. It can easily be s...

Rieth was a little town in eastern Oregon that lost its glory after the main railroad line moved,

Antone is former community in eastern Oregon.

Veles is the Slavic god of the earth, waters, forests and the underworld.

Kinton is a tiny town outside of Portland. It was named after Peter Kindt, a early farmer in the area.

Kenton is a park in North Portland. It is named after the community that was there before being annexed by Portland.

Scholls is a farming community southwest of Portland. It is situated in the heart of Oregon’s wine country.

Valsetz was a town in Polk County, Oregon. It was a company owned town that was razed in the 1980s and has returned to a wooded state.

Zwagg is a small island off the Oregon coast. It is named after Folker Von Der Zwaag who lived there with his only companion Sniff, his dog.

Wemme is a tiny town near Mount Hood. It is named after E. Henry Wemme, a local businessman man who bought Barlow Toll Road (yes, it is the same road as the game The Oregon Trail game).

Olex is a tiny town in Eastern Oregon. It was supposed to be named Alex but sometimes a .- (A) can be miss clicked as a --- (O).

Cubbyhole is a little bar in NYC at the improbable intersection of W 4th Street and W 12th Street. The ceiling is covered with mobiles and kits.

This is named after the Ochoco Creek which feeds in to the Crooked River in Oregon.

This design is inspired by structure of hops. The shape of the shawl wraps around one’s shoulders and sits securely. As written it takes nearly 600 yards of fingering weight yarn but with fewer repeats it could use as little as 400.

Lawen is a tiny town in southeastern Oregon. This town is just north of Malheur Lake.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

This is the second in a series of three hats from Where the Rainbow Begins. Until 2016, 25% of the sales from this pattern and the ebook will go to New Avenues for Youth a local youth homeless shelter who just opened up a transitional home for LGTBQ youth.

This is the first in a series of three hats from Where the Rainbow Begins. Until 2016, 25% of the sales from this pattern and the ebook will go to New Avenues for Youth a local youth homeless shelter who just opened up a transitional home for LGTBQ youth.

This started as a purely geometric pattern that turned out to look like the ripples on a brook.

My grandmother gave me Fifty Famous Fairy Tales by Rosemary Kingston that belonged to her as a child. In it there is the tale of Jorinda, a maiden, who is saved by a shepherd (Jorindel) after being turn into a a bird.

My grandmother gave me Fifty Famous Fairy Tales by Rosemary Kingston that belonged to her as a child. In it there is the tale of Jorindel, a shepherd, who saves a maiden who was turned into a bird.

This hat was inspired by the cables that once held Cloud Cap Inn down in the high winds of Mount Hood.

Tartessos may have inspired the legends of El Dorado, Atlantis, or Tarshish. It was a culture located on the southwest edge of the Iberian Peninsula. They traded with the Greeks and Phoenicians. The region was rich with silver and gold deposits and its people were known for ornate metal work. These people slipped in obscurity as their cities we...

This shawl is named after the Spitzenburg apple which was discovered just south of Rhinebeck, New York, in the 1700s. The lace pattern was inspired by the branches of the apple trees in the backyard of my childhood home.

This pattern was inspired by the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. The name is a reference to Jupiter’s moons discovered by Galileo Galilei.

This pattern was inspired by the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. The name is a reference to Jupiter’s moons discovered by Galileo Galilei.

This pattern is named after Wallalute Falls which are on the north east side of Mount Hood. These falls are just west of the dyer’s favorite spots - Cloud Cap. Wallalute means strong water which is reflected on the backside and the falling water on the palm side.

This pattern is named after Wallalute Falls which are on the north east side of Mount Hood. These falls are just west of the dyer’s favorite spots - Cloud Cap. Wallalute means strong water which is reflected in the lower portion of the tam and the falling water on the top.

This design was inspired by a bow brooch in the Met Museum and metal work from the Vendel Period.

Howlock is a shield volcano that overlooks Diamond Lake in Southern Oregon. In winter, the mountain is reflected in the unfrozen sections of the lake which reminds me of the the lace motif in the this hat. It is utterly peaceful, skiing around the lace and looking up at Howlock.

Lake Fernan located near the dyer. The matching hat can be found here.

Lake Fernan located near the dyer.

Lassen is the southern most volcano of the Cascade Range. The lace mimics the flow of the mountains with valleys and peaks which are in a state of flux. Lassen’s last major eruption was in May 1915 but still burps steam periodically.

Acheulean is a form of stone tools first identified in modern day northern France. These tools were created and used from about 1.7 million years ago to 600 thousand years ago. The large hand axes and small choppers were fairly uniform which I reflected in the hat.

Sequani was the Latin name for a region of modern France where the Gauls inhabited in the 1st century BCE. This shawl was inspired by the pattern on a zoomorphic brooch which may have been made in the region.

This hat is a nod to my Bohemian paternal grandmother. The clace is inspired by glass work from the region that was produced around the time her family immigrated to US in the 1880s.

This hat is a nod to my Bohemian paternal grandmother. The clace is inspired by cut crystal from the region that was produced around the time her family immigrated to US in the 1880s.

This hat is a nod to my Bohemian paternal grandmother. The color work is inspired by glass work from the region that was produced around the time her family immigrated to US in the 1880s.

The name of the cowl was inspired by a love of triangles and cevians. (Cevian is derived from Giovanni Ceva and his theorem.)

Some of the oldest textile fragments come from the Ertebolle culture. They lived in what is now Denmark and Sweden some 7,000 years ago. Their textiles were a primitive form of nålebinding.

Starting in January 2018, I am hosting a knit a long for this hat here.

There is a KAL that has been started here.

This was inspired by ornamentation on pottery and metalwork by the Urnfield Culture of Bronze Age Europe. Runder Berg is a site which they had a fortified hill top community in modern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

This was inspired by ornamentation on pottery and metalwork by the Urnfield Culture of Bronze Age Europe. Goloring is an extremely well preserved monument they created around 1000 BCE and located near modern Koblenz, Germany.

This shawl mimics the wings of a Rhiza laciniosa as depicted in Mémoires sur les lépidoptères. From a simple center to rippling detail. Rhiza is a genus of moth (don’t worry not the wool eating type).

The name of the hat is CCC which is short for the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC was an effort to both provide employment and recreation during the Great Depression. They logged, fought fires, and built campgrounds. The bottom of the hat represents the decay of the roaring 20s while the top comes together in an attempt create order. The p...

This pattern is ideal for using leftover fingering weight yarn.

This cowl was inspired by a walk on the Highline in NYC. This is an unusual form of colorwork that utilizes wraps and passed-over wraps. Spuyten Duyvil was a stream at the north end of Manhattan.

Yarn Requirements - The original set used 75 grams (or about 1.5 hanks of the 50 gram put ups) of both colors.

This tam is inspired by the metal work from the Hallstatt and La Tene cultures from Iron Age Europe.

This is the first of a series inspired by Portland’s parks and dyers within 300 miles of them.

This is the matching hat for Bloomery.

Yarn - A very round lace (like Mithril or prairie) or light fingering (like aquae singles) are best to show off the cables.

This was designed for my aunt Kate and first knit by my mother…hence the name Sister Kate. (Not to mention it is an amazing song first published in 1915 and covered by the Ditty Bops.)

This is second in a series of five crescent shaped shawls. Tiny beads add a little sparkle and weight to this ethereal lace. While the lace looks complex, it is not and follows a logical pattern and it has purl resting rows. (Beads are optional.)