Patty Olson Designs
Patterns available as Ravelry Downloads
Knitting: Cowl
Penny is a yummy cowl knit with 2 strands of yarn at a time. The strand of alpaca/silk yarn carried along with every stitch lightly blurs the design and adds a softness that feels wonderful against your neck.
Knitting: Cowl
Riley is a fun and easy cowl to knit and a great fall accessory. It has a slightly twisted ribbing at the beginning and end with columns of cables for the body. Riley uses up almost all of the 328 yards in the ball. While this is an acrylic yarn, it is super squishy, soft, and when blocked it smooths out and becomes uber cozy to wear!!
Knitting: Cowl
Willa is a two-color cowl with an easy slip stitch pattern. It’s knit in the round so no seaming needed. You’ll be done with it in no time!
Knitting: Cowl
Clara is knit flat, then seamed. I knit it flat intentionally as I love the edge it produces. It’s a great one to work on while watching a movie, with an easy slip stitch pattern that you’ll be able to memorize quickly.
Knitting: Cowl
I loved, loved designing with this yarn! It has a thick and thin characteristic to it that I used to create an all over funky texture. There are 4 different stitches in the pattern, all to keep your attention and interest. The optional fringe was a last minute thought I had and I think it made the cowl.
Knitting: Cowl
Kona, a very dear friend’s Miniature Pinscher, was a very sweet dog who passed away almost 2 years ago. The two of them were pretty inseparable; where one went, the other followed - or was carried. ;-)
Knitting: Scarf
Yvonne Marie is a long scarf I designed for one of my favorite aunties who turned 86 in 2023. She’s always told the most colorful stories about her life so of course, I had to use colorful yarn for her scarf. Noro Ito had so many color options but this one nailed it (#42 Beppu).
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Aunt Bernadene was named after a dear aunt of mine who passed away. She was a knitter as well and I thought creating something in her name that was cheery and sweet would be a wonderful way to remember her.
Knitting: Cowl
The Kelvin Cowl has a single, wide cable on the front of it, framed by a twisted stitch on either side, and a bit of texture for fun and to keep your interest while knitting it!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Darling Isabella is a cozy, squishy, and fun wrap to knit. This yarn from Cowgirlblues is incredibly soft, has amazing drape, and equally beautiful stitch definition. The colorway used in the sample is called Chatterbox.
Knitting: Cowl
The Cowgirls Rule Cowl is a fun, easy to knit striped design intended for all levels of knitting experience.
Knitting: Cowl
Blushing Lillian is an easy cabled cowl with a simple cable. One cable is worked on the right side and the second one is worked on the wrong side.
Knitting: Cowl
Fabulous Francesca is a cowl knit in a squishy and soft worsted weight yarn using a pretty lace pattern.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Midge is a crescent shawl worked from the top down in two colors. It begins with a simple stockinette stitch, flows into a textured lace section, and ends with a lace border. It can be worked in two colors, as shown in both of the samples, but I feel it would also be quite beautiful knit up in a single colorway.
Knitting: Cowl
Mr. Schmitz’s Neck-Warmer is an easy to knit and multi-colored project. The stitch pattern is quite easy to memorize and will allow you to watch a movie, listen to a podcast or cheer for your favorite sports team!
Knitting: Scarf
Absolute Zero is an easy to knit, multi-color scarf. The stitch pattern is easy to memorize and it’s a great project to work on while watching a knitting podcast on YouTube, or an exciting game of football!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
The Peltier shawl is named after a beautiful lake located close by our new house. Having lived in the suburbs nearly all of our lives, it’s become such a joy to take a short walk to a pretty lake, and enjoy its beauty and the surrounding views in our new little city.
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Eirene is the Greek goddess of peace. My grandmother, of the same name, was an incredibly peaceful, charming, sweet and very funny lady. Sweet Eirene was created in her memory.
Knitting: Scarf
Flindrikin is the perfect winter scarf that’s reversible, soft, squishy, full of texture, and of course, toasty warm!
Knitting: Shawl / Wrap
Jorjamae is a rectangular sampler shawl designed to honor my mother who passed away in 2014. Her love of life, her contagious smile, and her passion for flowers are what inspired the stitches for the shawl. It’s a great first lace project for the novice knitter, yet interesting enough for those with more experience.