Hello!

March 18, 2024

About Me
I’ve been knitting for 22 years and I was a sample knitter for Melissa Leapman for many of those years. Eventually, she became my mentor with all things fiber. I have been her assistant for all virtual and live events since late 2021. I retired February 9, 2024 so now I have a lot more time for designing and knitting!

Design History
From 2016 to 2018 I self-published 7 patterns in Ravelry. My job at the time was keeping me very busy and I wasn’t able to concentrate on designing. I took a break so I could determine what it was I wanted to design and how I would fit it into my life. Turns out, I love accessories. Since early 2022, and as of today, I’ve designed another 23 patterns, 15 of which have been published and are available here in Ravelry. The remaining designs will be published this year (I can’t believe I created that many in such a short amount of time!).

I’ve been fortunate to have designed for and worked with Ancient Arts Yarns, Anzula, Cascade Yarns, cowgirlblues, KnitPicks, Kokomo Yarns, and Universal Yarn. They’ve been amazing supporters of my work and I couldn’t have accomplished what I did without them.

News!
I have a very cool project in the works for 2024 that will be published in winter 2024/2025. I’m so excited about this and I wish I could share more but I can’t. At least not yet. More on that later!

Website
I am revamping my website so please bear with me. I want it to be amazing so it’s going to take a little bit of time. I’ll let you know here when it’s up and running!

If you see something questionable on a pattern, or just have questions in general please email me at: pattyolsondesigns@gmail.com