A knitting friend of mine saw my photo of a “visibly mended” park bench and pointed out the diamond pattern in the metalwork. I happened to be working on this accessory and was in need of a name – and that’s how it became Park Bench.

The pattern calls for two colorways of Miss Babs KAWEAH: Floyd and Apple Season. You’ll need about half a skein of each for one cowl. If you wish you could knit a second cowl reversing the colors in the chart – and have one for yourself and one for a gift!

I used the remaining yarn to weave a two-color scarf on my rigid heddle loom, which you’ll see in one of the photos.

I love these colors and as always, love working with Miss Babs yarns.

The pattern for this accessory is available on Ravelry.

I enjoy designing cowls because it’s a great way to try out stitch pattern and color combinations – and also because so many knitters like a fairly quick project that doesn’t require a lot of yarn.

The second cowl I’ve recently completed is called “Not Another Cowl” — that’s what a friend of mine said when he saw it!

I was recently asked if knitting cowls ever gets boring (as it seems that I have produced quite a few cowl patterns). My reply: it’s never boring! A cowl is a relatively small canvas that allows for experimenting with stitch patterns and a variety of colorways – so how could it ever be boring?

This design was a challenge to myself: dip into the Shetland wool drawer and come up with a pleasing and somewhat subtle selection of colors that would suit the stitch patterns I had chosen.

This pattern is also available on Ravelry.

Happy Knitting!
Michael