Swatching

Yes, I am one of those legions of knitters who hates swatching.  However, I do realize that sometimes it is necessary, butIwannastartknittingrightawaydammit!

I've been wanting to knit Carina Spencer's Catkin but didn't have yarn that suited the project.  Although the madelinetosh Prairie in my stash looks nice together, I think it might be too fine even if doubled.  My wonderful, generous mom came to the rescue when she got me some beautiful Tosh Merino Light for my birthday.  I absolutely love the colors: Cousteau and Moss.  It's one of the yarns suggested for the project so I knitted up a swatch to see how the colors work together.

Yes, I think this will do just fine...

Birthday Yarn!

My mom and I celebrated (or tried to ignore) birthdays last week and on Saturday we headed to Abuelita's.  Mom got me this beautiful Madelinetosh Merino Light as a birthday gift. 

This one is Cousteau.  I absolutely adore this color way and would have gotten two of these if there'd been another skein:

This is the Moss color way.  The green is actually a more subdued olive (closer to the top photo).  Madelinetosh yarns have such beautiful colors.  I just want them all!