I like these colors but am worried that the black and white doesn’t “pop” enough. Thoughts on the pink?

Our Mystery KAL is officially back for year three! We’re knitting a top-down round yoke sweater (or a steeked cardigan) together over seven weekly clues, kicking off on January 16th. This year, we’re leaning into stash-busting, so feel free to start hunting through your yarn collection now. You can get all the details on the Ravelry pattern page or here on Skool in the dedicated Classroom where I’ll also be posting all the relevant video tutorials as clues become available. We’d love for you to jump in and share your yarn picks, questions, and progress photos. Just use the "MYAL 2026" category for your posts. Heads up: we aren’t doing spoiler alerts this time, so feel free to post away in whatever way you like just as long as it is in that category! I can’t wait to see what you all come up with this year.

I have bought the pattern and look forward to the first clue - my problem is - I can't find it in my Ravelry account? Can anyone help please?

I've combed through my stash and came up with this combo: main: dark greens and blues, blending: burgundy, maroon, contrast: beige and powder pink, framing: black. I usually prefer dark, muted colours, and I'm happy with the combination. (though most of the sweaters I own are dark green... oh well, what can a girl do). Just few things I'm worried about: 1. I don't want a beige sweater. And though the colour category is listed as "contrast", it's A LOT of yarn! I'm afraid the sweater is going to be mostly beige. 2. I'm not sure if it's ok for the contrast colour to be lighter than the main colour - I've noticed that in some designs the pattern looks better if the base is light and the motif dark. Since this is a mystery knit, I've no way of knowing if it's going to work, or if it would be better to switch these two? 3. And lastly, being still a beginner, I'm not sure if it's ok to mix these materials. All of the yarns I picked are wool / merino / alpaca blends, BUT - is it ok to mix superwash and non-superwash treated yarn in one project? How will I block or wash the sweater when it is finished? (for example: dark green Malabrigo Worsted - single ply, non-superwash, and beige Rial SNC Morbidone - plied, superwash treated)

So, I bought this yarn with a different pattern in mind, but I accidentally bought the wrong weight yarn and could not get it to work up in the gauge I needed. So I was so grateful for this knit along as it used worsted weight yarn and I can finally use this lovely yarn! My problem is though I have enough of the grain color for colors an and d, but only enough of the variegated yarn for color c, with 65 yards left over. Also, as I (mostly) buy my yarn with a project in mind, I have very little stash that’s not dedicated to something and definitely not enough for all that’s needed in color b, so I will have go purchase more yarn. So now my dilemma. The skeins of yarn I get are in 210 yards skeins, color b calls for 270 yards. In the interest of using as much yarn from my stash as possible, can I get away with using the same color as c? If I buy a new skein in that color, with the yardage I have left over from c I would have 265 yards. Which would leave me playing yarn chicken with 5 yards left over, but I (fingers crossed) would have enough leftovers in my stash to get me that 5 yards. (Or depending on how the pattern turns out I could also just improvise with the color work) Would having the same color b as c even work with this pattern? Or do I have to buy 2 whole new skeins for b? My other options are so slim and I would have to borrow from other projects to get the 5 yards anyway…. Help.(Second photo is possible options for remaining 5 yards compared to the color way picked for c. The top two is fingering weight so I would have to hold them together and gauge would be tricky on the bottom is another worsted weight yarn but color would be way off. I mean the colors would be way off for the top one too, but here’s to hoping the blue saves the day?)