Our Staff

Tricia is the store owner and remote-control diva, responsible for inflicting tennis matches, old and new, on the staff and customers at Dublin Bay. She has been knitting for eight years, but doesn't have as much time for it now because she has this website to get situated. Known as "Lady Tricia," she enjoys commissioning projects for the store windows that include such items as knitted dolls, mice, kitties, bunnies, and scarves galore. She is the parent of three spoiled kitties: Henry-O, Seamus O'Jamieson, Fergus McMurphy and four angel kitties:  Ollie Bunny, Lady Clementine Olivia Wimbledon, Thomas Hardy, and Pip. She prefers The Tennis Channel to anything else and will frequently stay up all night to watch a good match, preferably between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick.  When she's not watching tennis, she's watching The Tudors, (just can't get enough of that Brandon!).

Nancy is Tricia's mom, and often refers to herself as "just mom, helping out." She is the Queen of Ripping Out, and has been known to say, "something's just not right, Tricia, something's just not right..." An avid knitter of store samples, she is responsible for the most beautiful items in our store. She is currently stranded in North Carolina, but visits twice a year to work in the shop. Someday she will return to Portland for good. After attending the Davis Cup finals in 2007, she no longer minds tennis quite so much, though during her summer 2010 visit, she also became hooked on The Tudors.

Ken is Tricia's dad, and he does not knit, though he does like to wind yarn for our customers.  He is responsible for setting up all our shelves and giving out free business advice as needed — sometimes crisis management as well. He is also the proud sponsor of our "husband's chair" and supplies all of the Porsche racing magazines.  He might be convinced to move back to Portland from North Carolina if Nancy would allow him to have a dog and keep his race cars. Tricia thinks they should buy a farm (and a flock of sheep). Then Nancy could move back to Portland, work at Dublin Bay, and Ken could get a dog to herd the sheep. This idea has not gone over well with either party involved. He has a spoiled kitty named Ellie, an array of vintage cars, and secretly changes the TV from tennis to the SPEED channel when he thinks Tricia isn't watching. He has not yet been introduced to The Tudors, but as Nancy wants to start the series over again, he may be in for it soon.

Cailan is a long-time customer and friend of Dublin Bay (along with her awesome mom, Ardine).  She started by helping us out a few days a week over the summer of 2009, while she finished up her degree at Portland State.  We wouldn't let her go though, and now she's worked her way up to Store Manager, though we only have her until she completes the CPA's exam and finds a job in her field.  She's a very accomplished lace knitter and ardent fan of Fleece Artist's Suri Blue and Handmaiden's Casbah.  She also has two adorable Italian greyhounds, Byron, who likes to snuggle up just like a kitty, and Stella, who has fruit bat ears.  Cailan is currently making her way through The Tudors via NetFlix.

Pam has been knitting for over ten years and tackling challenging projects for the last four.  She is also an avid spinner and is a great resource for any fiber related questions you may have.  Pam is working and teaching part-time while she finishes her Business degree at Marylhurst.  And just like all of us here at Dublin Bay, Pam is an animal lover.  She is a mom to three kitties:  Apollo, (who seeks to destroy any and all toilet paper rolls), Esme, and Morgan.  It's only a matter of time before she's a Tudor's fan too!

Ashley is a brand new Dublin Bay girl!  She has been knitting since pretty-much forever, and prefers to make any kind of cozy.  She is attending Portland State University where she is studying graphic design.  Ashley does all things crafty, including crochet, but don't ask her about scrapbooking because she just can't get into it.  She is the proud mom of two kitties, Prince and Moonunit, both named after musicians.  Ashley prefers to watch Fringe instead of tennis.  What???  No tennis?