For me, the process of designing scarves starts in the field with my camera. I shoot for form and color. Then in the studio I transform that palette into a piece of art. Then again, I further transform that piece of art into a scarf design.
Here's the progression for scarf design Celestial Solstice I and Celestial Solstice II from my Winter Gems Collection:
This is the source file
This is the piece of art made from the source file
Here is the design for the scarf Celestial I
and here is the scarf Celestial I
And the design for Celestial II
And the scarf Celestial II