The Salish Sea is the name given to the body of water encompassing Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Georgia Strait in the Pacific Northwest; it joins Washington State in the USA with British Columbia in Canada. The name was chosen to acknowledge and honor the history of the First Nations people, who lived here for thousands of years prior to European settlement, and to unite the current coastal population in caring for this waterway into the future.

Primarily temperate rain-forest, the region is known for its abundance of trees and the amazing sea life it supports, in addition to the approximately 7 million humans who live along the shores. Winters here rarely get cold enough to snow, but are often damp and windy.

I designed this cowl to reflect all of this: knit in the round as a symbol of unity, the stitch pattern (adapted from the ‘Ripple Stitch’) shows the trees and the waves on the water (with beads added to signify the sparkle), and the cowl is meant to be light-weight, not bulky, but warm.