M a d e l i n e T o s h

seawool, silky wool and a persnickety chicken...

 

Hand dyed seawool making its debut at the Jenning Street Yarns Trunk Show tomorrow.

Seawool Sock

Fiber Content: 70% superwash Merino 30% Seacell fiber

Somewhat Solids from left to right - Maize, Crimson, Eggplant and Wheat

Yardage: 380 yards

Gauge: 7 sts= 1 inch on US- size 1-2 needles

A few skeins of Luxury Sock

Luxury Sock

Fiber Content: 50% Superwash Merino 50% Tencel

Somewhat Solid colorways - ginger glazed with eggplant above.

Yardage: 400 yards

Gauge: 5-6 sts = 1" on US size 3 needles

And a few of these little babies.

Silk/Wool Lace

Fiber Content: 50% silk 50% Merino wool

Somewhat Solid colorways - malachite pictured above.

Yardage: 800 yards

Oh,

And I have been knitting up a new cable-man sock pattern.

Clarabell (the suspicious sock-inspector) seems to be giving her reluctant and hard to gain approval.

candy cane knee socks

They are here!

Check them out here.

xo,

Amy

New friends for Autumn and Winter

New friends for Autumn!

Maple Leaf

Ginger

Mourning Dove

Graphite

Pheasant

Twain

Nana's Wren

Rhubarb

And a few Winter brights!!

 

Coral

Lapis

Seaglass

Scarlett

Look for new Candy Cane and Chrismukkah knee sock kits to be arriving soon! Can you tell I have Fall/Winter on the brain yet?

Daisy Mitts and Simply Mittens

New patterns I am so happy to say!

Daisy Mitts by Mary Kay Bishop for Madelinetosh. Modeled and photographed by the delovely MK.

Pattern specs:

Pattern: Daisy Mitts by Mary Kay Bishop for Madelinetosh
Yarn: 2 skeins of madtosh sock in bark and ginsing
Needles: US size 2 dpn

Simply Mittens by Janice Lynn for Madelinetosh. This is a wonderfully simple but perfectly fitting mitten pattern, ranging from XS to XL.

And of course the requisit shot for any job well done.

Pattern Specs:

Yarn: 1 skein of Madtosh sock in Sigrid

Pattern: Simply Mittens designed by Janice Lynn for Madelinetosh

Needles: US size 2 dpns

All available here.

Bye the way I love this sweater over at Anthropologie and this and this.

These pants are wonderful too! I might have to give the Amy Butler version a go!

xo,

Amy

ready, set, go...

they are here!

designed by the lovely Jean Knapp.

rowanesque

sooo, i am thinking maybe all of these for autumn knitting:

Yeah, as soon as Rowan 42 comes out I will just snatch it up and knit just these 6 along with all of my knitted gifts for Christmas. Easy peasy. That seems like a completely reasonable......

Oh, why does Rowan make me so weak in the knees? Ugh. Must knit windswept, frosty, British, bucolic, knitting patterns now!!

Rowan 42

By the way...

I found these instructions for making fluffy little yarn dolls in a vintage childcraft book. It seemed perfect for sharing.

Sock patterns are now available ... plus a wee bit of thanks!!

First of all, thanks so much to all of you who snagged a skein or two from the samples sale!! You guys are wonderful out there!!

And now the big news.

Both the Dimpled Socks and Slippery Socks patterns are now available here.

Dimpled sock in the Chamomile colorway

Slippery socks designed by the wonderful Jean Knapp in the Chartres colorway

And look for the Elves & Elms Socks by Jean below tommorrow afternoon!

xoxo,

Amy

a sock pattern? yes, please!

First up.

Yarn: debbie bliss pure cotton, white, two stands held together

Needles: US size 10 addis, magic loop

Pattern: meathead hat by larissa of stitch marker

A fun, crazy-quick knit. Leaves seemed to be proper for this wee hat so I cut out some elongated ones from wool felt samples that I had.

Next, new sock patterns...

copies will be available in store and on the madtosh site by the beginning of next week!!

Slippery Socks by Jean Knapp for Madelinetosh

Elms and Elfs Socks by Jean Knapp for Madelinetosh.

Yay! I can't wait to send these out. The first pair are knit with Chartres Sock and the pair below use Alabaster Sock.

free = good so good must = free!

A link to a downloadable pdf file is now available for both the simple sock and afterthought sock patterns.

You can find the links here or on the madtosh site here.

The Dimpled Sock pattern will be available at madtosh online soon and while your visiting check out all of the new retailers! Whew!

Enjoy!

xo,

amy

Anja's Socks

So I sent a skein of Vintage Apron, merino sport to my dear friend Anja and this is what I received in return. Just plain top-downers worked on 60 sts with the old reliable heel flap and nicely rounded toes but I love them in a way that may be slightly illegal.

She does such beautiful work that I had to slip these on in bed, if only to stare at them a bit.

Oh and that is fish that you see above. My feet standing inside wee's kiddie pool for the pic. The aquamarine just matched so perfectly and yes I always clean it out before he swims in it! I guess it isn't the wisest decision to store it under the oak tree.