This same phenomenon also happens with yarn. Between Ravelry and blogs and reviews, a yarn sometimes gets a reputation before you get to experience it yourself. And if it seems that everyone loves something, you wonder if it is really true or are the dissenters afraid to speak up because the “experts” loved it. The skeptic thinks, “Is it really that good?”
Madelinetosh, hand-dyed yarns from Texas, has been getting rave reviews and people are crazy for it. At the shop, we waited impatiently for our order to arrive so we could get our hands on this awesome yarn. It arrived on a Thursday and on Friday one staffer snatched up several skeins to start a Tea Leaves Cardigan, a top-down sweater created for madelinetosh Dk yarn, as a shop model. So, inquiring minds want to know, does it live up to all the hype?
Yes.
The colors are saturated and gorgeous and the yarn is smooth and wound just right. Here is the official description from the madelinetosh website:
“tosh DK is a 100% superwash merino wool, available in all of our luscious glazed solid colorways, with a generous 225 yards per skein, working up at a versatile light-worsted gauge tosh DK is perfect for sweater and accessory projects. Each squishy soft skein is hand-dyed in small dye lots and machine washable.”
Check out some of the colorways available at the shop:
And a look at the swatch, showing tosh DK's versatility at gauges between 5-6 stitches/inch.
We also carry tosh lace, a 2-ply 100% superwash merino yarn with 950 yards per skein. All the same goodness as tosh DK only in a finer weight.
Stop by the shop check out the models, choose your favorite colorway and decide for yourself if this yarn lives up to the rave reviews!
