Knitting a blue and white ribbed cap while riding the interisland ferry in the San Juan Islands WA

Knitting a blue and white ribbed cap while riding the interisland ferry in the San Juan Islands WA

Knitting a blue and white ribbed cap while riding the interisland ferry in the San Juan Islands WA

Ferry knitting. Chilly outside, warm sitting in the sun. No passengers near. Beautiful weather, peaceful knitting.

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Ribbed hat in progress, knit from a slightly variegated orange yarn

Ferry approaching the Friday Harbor ferry landing. The interisland ferry arrived soon after.

A knitter on the interisland ferry in San Juan County WA.

A knitter on the interisland ferry in San Juan County WA.

In a week of dark, blustery weather in the San Juans, Wednesday was perfect for ferry knitting, conversation, and sightseeing. I brought tiny socks for knitters to choose a gift, and I’m just a round short of 3-1/2 inches of hat ribbing.

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San Juan County WA interisland ferry

San Juan County WA interisland ferry

Knitting on the San Juan County WA interisland ferry

Knitting on the San Juan County WA interisland ferry

A calm and peaceful place to knit that's not a fluorescent-lit interior room.

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Looking across the Friday Harbor ferry landing toward Brown Island under an autumn blue sky full of puffy clouds.

Grid of spectacular clouds in the deep blue autumn sky above San Juan Islands interisland ferry M/V Tillikum.

A hat-in-progress, worked in three-strand helical knitting in robin's egg blue and natural white with double pointed needles (DPNs), ready for crown decreases.

Grid of photos aboard WSF interisland ferry M/V Tillikum: view of a passing island from passenger deck, the nearly empty passenger deck, the ferry's wake with islands in the distance, and a view of Friday Harbor through an observation area.

On my mother’s birthday I do things she'd have enjoyed. It was a golden autumn day perfect for interisland ferry knitting. The sky was magnificent, and my Dignity Cap design sample is ready for crown decreases. Happy birthday, Mama.

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(7/7) Ferry Knitting. The interisland ferry is almost back to the San Juan Island. The ferry lending it just out of sight behind Brown Island. You can hear the arrival announcement in the video clip.

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(6/7) Ferry Knitting. Returning to San Juan Island, this video clip caught the wake of the interisland ferry through one of the large windows of the observation area.

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(5/7) Ferry Knitting. Yours truly turning the heel of a knitted short/sport sock.

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(4/7) Ferry Knitting. Time lapse video of the ferry ride from San Juan Island to Orcas Island, Shaw Island, and Lopez Island under sunny skies and warm winds.

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(3/7) Ferry Knitting. Leaving the San Juan Island ferry terminal to begin the interisland loop to Orcas Island, Shaw Island, Lopez Island, and back to San Juan Island.

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Both ends of the ferry have the same observation deck. Four long benches span the width of the area, behind a row of large windows that protect passengers from wind and cold. The wood of the benches seems a bit anachronistic, but that makes them my favorite part of the ferry.

The interisland ferry is almost back to the San Juan Island ferry terminal. The marina lies ahead, and the ferry lending it just out of sight behind one end o Brown Island. You can hear the arrival announcement in the video clip.

Back again at this place I now call home (San Juan Island WA). We're standing on the car deck, waiting for the boarding ramp to lower so we can walk off ahead of vehicles. Huge flaps at the end of the ramp adjust to the position of the ferry.

(2/7) One of my favorite things to do is knit on the interisland ferry. More photos from my last trip. Ferries are noisy.

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On board the interisland ferry at the tie-up slip, waiting for crew change while another ferry docks at the San Juan Island ferry terminal.

I really do knit on the ferry for fun. Here is the heel flap of a short/sport sock in front of a water-streaked window and the islands passing by.

One end of the impressive, detailed Lego model of the M/V Issaquah. A plaque on the case (not shown here) says it was designed and built by Wayne Hussey and donated in 2025.

Looking ahead of the interisland ferry as it approaches Friday Harbor. The rounded end of the car deck is visible at the bottom of the photo.

(1/7) One of my favorite things to do is walk onto the interisland ferry and knit as it travels to Orcas Island, Shaw Island, Lopez Island, and back to San Juan Island. Ferries are noisy.

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Today being both #IndependentBookStoreDay and #LocalYarnStoreDay, I mounted a mildly disorganized expedition of discovery. Here, ferry M/V Samish arrives at the Friday Harbor landing on San Juan Island WA to take us to Anacortes on Fidalgo Island WA. (1/4)

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