Sketchbook Pattern: Night and Dawn Scarf

This is a narrow, primarily-an-accessory scarf knitted on the bias in a chevron shape, with contrasting, asymmetric halves. Each contrasting half of the scarf uses two of the four main colors, and involves mosaic colorwork and single-color textures, moving from a “main character” color at each end to a darker, “supporting character” color that meets with the other supporting color in the middle.

I knit my sample primarily in Malabrigo Arroyo, using 25-35g of each of the four main colors and less than 15g for the contrast color:

Color A: Malabrigo Arroyo in Flama (~ 25g)
Color B: Malabrigo Arroyo in Pearl Ten (35-40g)
Contrast Color: Malabrigo Ultimate Sock in Oro (less than 15g)
Color C: Malabrigo Arroyo in Matisse Blue (35-40g)
Color D: Yarn Loving Lady Sport in “Cotton Candy” (~ 25g)
^ Recommended Easy-to-Find Substitute: Arroyo in Arapey

Note: I used Malabrigo Ultimate Sock for the contrast color in my sample, but this was primarily for getting the color I wanted, rather than because the pattern itself relied on a change in yarn weight, so using sport-weight yarn for all five colors would absolutely work just as well!

The pattern listing contain two files:
1) 10 pages of written instructions, and
2) a separate file with section-by-section closeup photographs of the sample project, in order to aid in interpreting the instructions

What is a Sketchbook Pattern?

“Sketchbook patterns” come from original projects that I like and want to share, but aren’t sure if I’ll ever be able to thoroughly test and perfectly map out. These patterns are essentially a more polished version of my own notes on the projects. As such, they are NOT tech-edited, and also less detailed: in many cases, they’re more like row-by-row or section-by-section descriptions, NOT stitch-by-stitch instructions. They may absolutely contain errors, and often will be annotated with my own notes about possible variations and other comments. Some sketchbook patterns may still have a small price tag if it still took me significant effort to develop and write up, but many of them will be free.