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fiber fest and our 3rd annual trunk show

 

 

It was so great to see old faces and meet people i have only known via ravatars last weekend at DFW fiber fest. Christina, Whitney and I had a great time knitting and oogling all of the beautiful fibers this year. I was so blown away by all of my dye class students and their natural ability with the colors each picked out. They all created such beautiful skeins of yarn to take home and knit, I cannot wait to see the finished goods.

Many of you at fiber fest said I did not update this blog enough and chided me for not doing so. So, here is an update and I promise to keep at it and not leave this poor page so bare.

I also wanted to announce our 3rd annual trunk show at Jenning Streets Yarns. We will bring a host of tosh worsted as well as our new yarn bases wren, and tosh lace. Due to personal requests we will also be bringing some of our newest colorways, including thunderstorm, briar, thicket, fig and bungalow.

Date :: Saturday, May 9th.

Time :: 10:00 am to 2:00pm {we often stay quite a bit later}

Place :: Fort Worth, Texas {@ Jenning Street Yarns Shop }

We have also listed the trunk show on Ravelry as a Ravelry Event . This is a new Ravelry feature that I think is genius. It allows you to find local, fiber related events in your area and click to attend or add them to your calendar. You can find all of the info listed above as well as directions and other ravelers in your area who will be attending. Jes and Casey never fail to keep adding such perfect features to ravelry. 

Many have sent me email regarding the Sweater Club. This round of the Sweater Club has indeed closed but will reopen again in early Autumn. The club is a six month membership so sign-ups will begin again in July for the August - January session.

There are still spots in the summer edition of the Yarn Club albeit they are filling up much faster than even the last go round.

Some of you have emailed me about the cowl I was wearing at fiber fest. To answer all at once, the cowl is a free pattern listed on the Purl Bee. It is Cashmere Cowl # 2. The cowl is knit using one skein of tosh sock on US size 7 needles so is quite a bit more lacey than the version posted at the Purl Bee.

mara shawl

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Here is the mara shawl pattern as promised. mara-v3.pdf

Ravel it!

pattern previews…

a whole team of women gathered to create a beautiful photoshoot at chandor gardens recently. here is a small preview of the photos taken and a peek at new pattern releases. 

 

wisteria ishabel

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A new project has hit the needles for spring. I have started on the Ishbel shawl pattern by Ysolda Teague, so lovely. I am using a new colorway of tosh sock aptly named Wisteria it seems to match our Wisteria vine in the back yard so very perfectly. The Wisteria colorway will be available in all four of our yarn bases, Tosh Worsted, Tosh Sock, Pure Silk Lace and Pastoral. 

In other news the Zilboorg pattern is undergoing its final round of technical editing and will soon be available to all here.

Sweater Club Update :

The first round of the Sweater Club in Tosh Worsted ships out today.  The packages will all hold a small surprise!

Yarn Club Update :

The packages for the month of March will be shipping out this week. Here is a sneak peak for those who just cannot wait. For those who have asked when the next round of sign-ups begin the answer is April 1st. Registration will be open to current and new subscribers here

magnolias, the wren, cameras, flickr, prints, etc…

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colorway :: merrily

shop update ::

i have added a few new limited edition holiday colorways to the shop!

the wren :: 

you may have noticed that now when you visit the madelinetosh site you hear a beautiful wren call when the home page opens. i love the bird call, yes it was my idea and yes it is a bit annoying but don’t worry i will be changing the call to where you must click on our wren icon to hear that call, rather than every time you click on the home page. bear with me until monday.

magnolia society :: yarn club ::

registrations opened today here. all members, both current and new are welcomed to sign-up. and a huge thanks to all of you who have already registered, you guys are lovely!

pure cashmere bulky ::

i have finally added our new yarn line pure cashmere bulky to the ravelry site. visit here to see and read about this new yarn which will be included in the next round of the magnolia society.

camera+flickr ::

if you are a flickr addict like me you may have noticed the new photos i have been uploading like crazy. i received an early christmas present in the form of a new canon d slr camera and have been shooting everywhere i go. now i am slowly beginning to lust over all of the different lenses available - the potential! 

prints ::

recently picked up a few of the prints that have been stuck in mind for weeks now.

this notebook by simply photo

blue postcard set by abby try again

this calendar by alicia block

happy friday,

amy

{gratitude}

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i am thankful for…

persephone books

 an old volvo wagon

thick eiderdowns

brown sugar

wool socks

occasional solitude

public libraries

electra’s amsterdam bicycle

the kindness of strangers

nina simone

morning light

a new camera

winding roads

winter’s bird migrations

a loyal dog

strong coffee

and a petite family all my own.

happy thanksgiving.

and a new site …

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madelinetosh site 

the new site is up and running, it has been a big endeavour but well worth it.

go and take a peak 

the magnolia society : yarn club

a permanent page has been created for the magnolia society : yarn club. registrations will open here and at woolgirl on dec. 5th. i have made a few changes by adding an extra skein of tosh worsted and a delicious skein of pure cashmere bulky to the offerings on this next go round.