You see, Webs had MadTosh grab bags. MadTosh! So much MadTosh, for not very much money! What person, especially one who hadn't bought yarn in about a year, could resist that? Not this person, obviously.
I bought two grab bags: one with five skeins of Lace, and the other with five skeins of Vintage. I wasn't able to request specific colorways, but could request color families. I asked for blues, greens, greys and purples, and oh boy did I receive! Honestly, the Lace I got is a bit boring, but it's fabulous stash yarn. The colorways I received, from left to right, are Moonstone, Logwood, Aura, Celadon, and Cousteau. The Celadon and Cousteau are my favorites from this bunch.
Cousteau is an easy favorite: those greens and blues! Most likely it will become a Fairy Mist so that the yarn itself can really be the star.
Celadon is a much more subtle yarn, but it has beautiful sea foam green and grey variations. Again, I'd like to use a simple pattern for this yarn, maybe Purl Soho's Simple Pleasures hat, but modded so the yarn isn't held double.
I don't have a group shot of the Vintage yarns, but from left to right in the very first photo of this post the colorways are Tannehill, Jade, Margeaux, Ink and Whitewash. Margeaux has a close-up just above. She'll become a Magnolia hat. I believe the Jade will also become a hat, but most likely a Crooked Paths tam.
These next two yarns I feel so unsure about what to do with them, but I also love them. This is Tannehill. It's totally not my thing, but so pretty. I felt so unsure about this yarn that I started knitting with it right away, so it wouldn't just sit. I've knit a single loop Stockholm Scarf with it.
Whitewash is the other yarn I feel conflicted about. It's so pretty (just like all MadTosh yarns) but I'm well aware of my own dislike of variegated yarns. Most likely I'll knit a pair of mittens out of it, because I need mittens more than any other knitted object right now. Not that I'm really lacking in the knitwear department...