Flagel Knitting Files

Last weekend Paul and I ventured out to see what the Olympic Peninsula of Western Washington State had to offer. The week had been rainy in Vancouver and we were hoping for a break because, well, Paul has a convertible that he wanted to take advantage of as we drove through the National Forest and Park.  Good ole Mom Nature didn't let us down. Below’s a map of the route we took from Port Townsend on the north to Aberdeen on the south and then back up through Forks and Port Angeles back to Port Townsend.  It is cleverly called the Highway 101 loop. A map of the Olympic Peninsula  I have written about Port Townsend before when I wrote about Kim Thomson, check it out here .   And I was able to spend time in Kim’s gallery called Thomson Art Forms & Fine Craft and talk to her about her work.  She may have been startled at first with how much I knew about her.  It soon became apparent to her, I think, that even though I might have been a bit too exub...

You know a picture like this would get my attention.  (Unfortunately it is a photograph of a newspaper article that I was not able to find electronically.  P.S. It is from the Washington State magazine called Getaway.   Discovered it on my way on a ferry to Port Townsend.)  Kim Thomson is the owner and creator of this portable yarn ball hat.  I love that it would certainly allow one to move and knit almost effortlessly.  So with her name and a location of Port Townsend, Washington I decided to find out more about Kim. Let's start with the city.  Port Townsend is located in the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula  and is known for the many Victorian buildings remaining from its late 19th-century heyday.  Captain George Vancouver found and named it in 18th century, so this place has been around for some time.  Here's a couple of geographic maps to help locate Port Townsend, Jefferson County in Washington State. The red a...