Refraction - PDF Knitting Pattern

PDF only, NOT a finished product! Due to the instant nature of digital downloads, I cannot refund PDF purchases bought in error.

This listing is for a PDF handknitting pattern. Refraction is a triangular bandana, worked from the top down, starting with a garter tab. It uses a single skein of DK weight yarn in the main color and scraps in 1 to 3 contrast colors. The pattern, featuring simple cables over a background of reverse stockinette, shows up best with a fairly light-colored yarn. A light main color also gives a good backdrop for the contrast colors to really shine.

The design was inspired by the phenomenon of ”refraction,” or the bending of light as it passes through

different media. The cables and knit stitches represent rays of light, their path bending as they pass through the contrast color bands.

Required skills: Knit stitch, purl stitch, cables

Materials

Yarn: 180 yards DK weight yarn in MC, shown

here in Lady Dye Yarns merino in the colorway

“Notorious” (231 yards/100 grams)

3 yards DK weight yarn in CC1

5 yards DK weight yarn in CC2

7 yards DK weight yarn in CC3

OR 15 yards total DK weight yarn in a single

contrast color

Needles: US size 5, or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions: Cable needle, yarn needle

Gauge: 20 stitches and 32 rows = 4"/10cm in stockinette stitch after blocking

Upon purchase, you will receive two copies of the pattern -- a standard version and a version optimized for screen readers and low-vision knitters