Blog Giveaway – Madeline Tosh Sport
107 Comments Published by Fulay Little July 28th, 2010 in Live Stitch Giveaway, New new new!.It has been a busy few weeks, which meant that I had to take a short blog break. I had wanted to blog about the beautiful Fleece Artist Saldanha, a 100% fine merino lace weight yarn with generous yardage and hand-dyed color lines but it was not to be so. So I thought I would mention it now. 
On to the blog give away. Many thanks to Madeline Tosh for sponsoring this blog give away! They gave us two hanks of their new prototype yarn, Tosh Sport. I am holding a hank right now and I can tell you that Tosh Sport is soft, smooth and lofty. It would make beautiful accessories, garments and yes, socks. Tosh Sport is a 100% superwash merino that comes with 280 yards of yarn on each hank. The hanks seem to be around 70+ grams each. This is a guess as the labels are not marked and I don’t have a scale here. The color line is Well Water.
If you would like to have these two hanks please tell us what you would like to see - more of - from Madeline Tosh. A new yarn, a new color, new fiber combinations, new yarn weights, anything you heart may desire. What would you like to see under the Madeline Tosh label? Please post a comment with your suggestion(s) and we will add your name to the pool from which we will select a name randomly. If your name is selected the yarn is yours. You have until Sunday August 1st, midnight to post a comment. Hope to see you here!
I would love to see Mansfield Garden Party in all bases. Thanks!
I’m already overwhelmed with the choices and colors. Every since I first came across mad tosh a year ago, I been trying to figure out a way to replace a good chunk of my stash with it
I was so surprised and pleased to see it at LK. I hope to try each and every one.
If I were to suggest anything new or different, it might be something for summer — say a 50% merino, 35% cotton, 15% cashmere, 10% silk… can you imagine how luscious that would be???
As a knitter for over 35 years I am always interested in new textures and yarns. I would like to see more patterns available on their web site for different seasons, specifically winter pullovers. I would love to try this yarn on a new vest or scarf.
It is hard to find something Madeline Tosh does not have!
I love the new Prairie laceweight!! It’s just beautiful. As far as a new line, I think some sort of bamboo blend would be nice, in a sock or sportweight.
I’m just dying to hold some Tosh anything!! I have noticed that they tend to concentrate on more bold colors. I’d love to see some softer pastels suitable for baby things! (And superwash would be nice!)
I’d love to see more Vintage, and maybe the Merino Light. My favorite colors are the monochrome but not-too-solid shades.
tosh lace for sure!!
Also, I just got the Saldanha last week, 3 skeins in midnight red, pistachio, and moss, and they are simply gorgeous! Can’t wait to try them!
Madelinetosh is my new lover! Don’t tell my husband thou! The yarn is wonderful! I would love to see some Madelinetosh sport in the color Mourning Dove! Or maybe a half cashmere half merino wool blend in any weight! That would be YUMMY!
hmmmm….I would love to see a thick and thin bulky (kind of hanspun style) yarn in Merino/ silk / alpaca combo – super soft, lofty….
alternately, I would love a “tea leaves cardigan” bundle (yarn + pattern) in a variety of colours (cledon, kale, terra, cove…)
as for new colours red and brown combo, muted mossy greens and darker greens and browns mix….autumn colours….
I would love to see a sock yarn blend – maybe one with nylon added or a cashmere blend.
I’d like to see more lace, but Madeline Tosh already has so much lovely stuff in a variety of bases. Hmm. Linen? I love so many of the colors (mmm, chamomile, baltic…).
I would like to see Eyre Light. I’ve seen bits of it here and there, and it looks beautiful.
I would love to see some Mansfield Garden readily available!
I would like to see some of the Madelaine Tosh DK… The colours are all beautiful!
I love all the madtosh yarn! It would be my wish that there were largers batches of yarn available at once. As is the case with indie dyers, the number of skeins is limited and it makes a larger project more difficult. But then again, that might affect the beautiful colors. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would like to see more silk. I love silk and would like to see a few crochet patterns for it.
I would love to see more yarn like the TML (Tosh Merino Light). Great yardage, great colors and an excellent price point.
I can’t believe I’m the first one to comment! The new yarn is so beautiful. I love the color! But it if looked like our well water it would be rusty.
I have been looking for a cobweb weight yarn . Do you suppose Madeline Tosh would make one?
Lori
Oh, how shiny! Honestly, I just want to see more sport weight. I love making quick socks.
(rav id: juri)
I would love to see a silk/merino mix in both lace and fingering weight. I love pure silk, but it is harder to work with than a blend. Blends have the great drape and shine of silk but more stretch because of the merino content.
I’d like a merino blend lace weight
Oh my goodness! You have Well Water? I LOVE this color and just haven’t been online at the right time to get any!
Madelinetosh has so many gorgeous colors and such a wide range of bases that I am not sure what to wish for. I would love to see the MCN yarns available in yarn shops and not just on Etsy. I would also love to see a variegated yarn similar to Mansfield Garden Party, but with red instead of pink for fall and winter. Oh, and a light, bright silver-grey colorway please. (this might exist already, but I don’t recall seeing one.)
Well Water, yum! I have been a fan of MT yarns for a while and the only other line I would really love to see at LK is the Eyre Light yarn line. It is an a wonderful fingering weight that is gorgeous.
I love Tosh and really can’t think of anything more I might want. The colors are so great, Thanks Fulay!!
I would like to see less bleeding in the darker colors. Also, I think a cashmere blend sock yarn would be fabulous!
I love the feel of tosh yarn, all of it. I’m not sure I have a favorite. Sock and lace are my favorites in weight. I love the tone of tone of their yarns. It gives you such a depth of color. Going back to solid yarn is just plain booooooooooorrrrrrring!
I can’t imagine asking for anything more from them – they have gorgeous colors and delicious yarns… maybe I would just like to see more of their yarns in my stash?
I’d love to see something with alpaca or angora content. I’m all about the soft and warm.
I love all the Madeline Tosh yarns! However, I’d like to see more in the larger weights, like worsted or even aran. The colors are so fabulous, and I think they would make amazing hats and scarves, but I’m too lazy to use the sock weight or lace weight to knit them.
I’d like to see some non-animal fiber, like cotton and/or linen from Madeline Tosh!
re the blog-away for Madeline Tosh:
(first of all I’d live to see my name as the winner…ha), but more seriously, I’d like to see a 2-ply lace weight in merino and silk. Love, love, love the colors of Madeline Tosh.
I would love to see long color runs that gradually segue into the next color. I would also like to see more worsted weight in the softer blends that include silk and cashmere. I really appreciate the beautiful texture and colors of Fleece Artist yarn.
I would love it if Madeline Tosh made some multi-ply yarns. I shy away from single plys *because* they felt. I LOVE the wellwater colorway and will use this for some gorgeous draping scarf/shawl.
I’m a sock nut so as many combinations for socks as possible but esp. some with cashmere for gift socks.
I would love to see more yarns that are not superwash, in a sport or DK weight. (I’m still a bit sad that I never got to try the Wren base.) As for fibers, some blends with linen or cotton would be great.
More greens! particularly warm mossy greens.
I would also love to see something laceweight with a bit of a halo for warmer winter scarves. a little mohair or angora or some such would be nifty.
I would just like to see larger quantities of the popular colorways that sell out quickly (I’m looking at you Composition Book Grey).
I would love to see Pashmina in a nice soft winter white!
Ok. I wasn’t the first one but nobody else showed up this morning when I posted.
Such beautiful colorways and fibers/blends. So much focus seems to go to sock and lace weight yarns. As a male knitter, I’d like to see an occasional chunky yarn and some patterns for men. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would love toe try the Tosh Sport.
I would like to see some bamboo blend or sock yarn. MTosh has such great colorways that i cant think of any more.
maybe some more variegated sock yarns? i just finished a pair of socks using their yarn and it was a pleasure to knit!
I would love to see a cashmere sock yarn with some nylon for durability. Love the giveaway yarn color and would be thrilled to have it join my stash.
I am so enchanted by the colors of Madtosh…they are all so beautiful! I’d love to see a DK weight blend.
Love their yarn. I would be happy in a cashmere blend sock yarn. Do love the color of the giveaway.
I would love to see more Vintage. All of the colors are gorgeous and I would love any that LK could get. Thanks for the contest.
If I were to win the tosh in a color i like, i would definitely buy more so to have enough for a sweater!
Dang! That is beautiful! I wanna touch it, touch it, touch it!
I would love to see the Tosh DK in Seaglass! There is something about that color! I haven’t gotten up the guts to try the vintage or pashmina, but I want to soon!
I have a skein of some sock, but I haven’t used it yet… it feels wonderful!
I would love to see Rustication
I love the depth of color that MadTosh has in their semisolids. I’ve never gotten to try any, so I’m hoping this will be my lucky day. I’d love to see more greens in all lines.
Maybe a bulky weight or more rustic like Malabrigo twist
As I have never even seen any Madeline Tosh yarn in person and therefore never knit with it I would be hard pressed to know any suggestions.
I just know that everyone who uses it raves about it and that is enough to make sure some gets into my cart at some point of time in the near future!
I’m chiming in to vote for the cashmere blend sock yarn and the vote for more silk. Beautiful colorways!
i would like to see a super-dark saffron orange colorway. i love wearing this color but it is very hard to find.
The yarns look wonderful … I would love to try them all … maybe a bamboo blend. Must say I would be thrilled with any of these yarns in my stash!
I, too, love Madeline Tosh colors and quality. I’d be delighted to see some dk and worsted weight plied yarn that is NOT superwash. Could I love them more then? I would try.
I wish the sock yarns had some nylon added.
I know this isn’t exactly what you were looking for but here goes:
a possibly lower price point/economy Madtosh yarn (sorta like Fleece Artist’s Nyoni) I’ve always loved Madtosh colors but the prices always hinder me from trying them out so perhaps something a bit more affordable?
As a lace knitting addict, I’m always looking for more lace. Wool and silk blends are particularly lovely.
I love the deeper, semisolid colors. And I am more likely to use DK or worsted . . . I’m just too slow a knitter to do a lot of finer yarns. I am also more likely to use wool or wool/natural fiber blend.
I do not mind the relatively high prices; it’s such great stuff!
PS: Sport weight is great too! Glad to see it’s being rolled out.
I bought a couple of skeins of the new Saldanha – and absolutely love it! It was the semi-solid Silver colorway, and having worked with both the semi-solids and more variegated yarns, I realized I’m always hoping for more of the semi-solid colors. Those work well in so many more patterns, especially lace patterns where the more variegated ones tend to obscure the stitch patterns. So, more semi-solid colors available, please!!
I’ve been on the lookout for yarn for Tempest by Ann Weaver (a striped sweater), so I’d like to see some pairs of colorways that are designed to be used together. One could also use coordinating colors for sock heels/toes, or the border and body of a shawl.
I would love to see a lace weight yarn more in the yardage of their sock yarn & priced similarly. Miss you Fulay!!
Hugs…………
I haven’t had a chance to try MadTosh yet and am so excited to try it someday. I would be thrilled to try Tosh Sport. The Well Water colorway is gorgeous!
Oh my goodness…. Madtosh is my latest obsession – the colors are so rich and vibrant.
I’d really like to see Vintage in Mansfield Garden Party. Make that, I’d really like to OWN some!
more colors in DK! also a baby soft merino/silk or alpaca/silk blend would be just lovely
Anything Blue!!! But colorways reminiscent of the ocean are the most beautiful (to me).
I love Mad Tosh. Would like to see more worsted wt yarns.
Your sock yarn in my favorite for small shawls. I would like to see more bright colors – to contrast with drab winter coats. I like to make tosh shawlettes as giftts.
I have never tried a Madtosh yet, but the colors I have seen are gorgeous, and I can’t wait to try some. Merino & silk is a combination that works beautifully in other yarns I have tried
I am so happy little knits is carrying madelinetosh! I love this yarn. It is so pretty with lush colorways. I would love to see a chunky – or bulky yarn from them. A thicker yarn would be instant gratification with quick knit projects.
I’d like to see the option of smaller skeins offered for Tosh Lace and Prairie, as I want every color but don’t need full skeins of every color especially if I just want to add, say a little bouquet of flowers knitted in a sweater. I haven’t seen such a wide option of colors since Rowan Botany, and just found your on-line store last night looking for Prairie. (time to increase my stash) -Barb
Of course more lace weight yarn, preferable not superwash but with merino in the blend…
More autumny colors. I’m craving green, gold, and rust in the middle of all this summer heat.
I would love to see Madtosh offer an exclusive colorway with LK.
I’d love to see more greens, in the range between the light spring colors and mid green, with a gentle variation. Oh I’m no good at describing colors!!
I love Madeline Tosh colors. I think that just keeping the gorgeous colors is enough for me. Of course, the lovely yarn bases don’t hurt either. But it’s all about the color, baby!
I would like to see more sweater patterns in all of the weights offered – esp relatively easy ones.
I also love Tart anything! (yarn or food).
I would love to see MadTosh offer a bulky weight (3 – 3.5 stitches per inch) yarn (any fiber combination) and a merino/bamboo blend in a dk or worsted weight.
More Tosh sock – I am addicted to socks.
I would be happy to see all that Madtosh has! I would like to see mansfield garden party also.
I’d love a sample pack of mini-skeins of ALL their yarns. It would be so much fun to play, experiment and taste them all!!!
It’s hard to say what more I would want from this company as I haven’t even fully explored what they have to offer already! I like the colorways most of all. Tosh Lace and Sock are great, I suppose I wouldn’t mind more fiber blends as far as the sock goes..
I’d love to see a sweater yarn with a little kid mohair in it – like a more refined, luxury version of Merino/mohair from Beaverslide dry goods or Mountain mohair from Green mountain spinnery, and dyed in the stunning intense Madtosh colours!
I think a sock yarn with bamboo in the blend would be lovely! Alternatively, something with more alpaca would rock too.
trying again, I submitted a post yesterday doesn’t show. I’d like to see tosh lace and/or Tosh Prairie in the option of smaller skeins as well as the larger skeins. I want so many colors but some would just be for bits of colorwork here and there.
I would love to see a bulky yarn as well as bamboo/merino!
That red is absolutely gorgeous! Do they have it in a fine laceweight?
More reds!! Love al of their yarn!
I’d like to see more sock yarn but really anything is fine!
The colors are already gorgeous — but how about more grays, browns and navy blue, for the men in our lives? They deserve some MadTosh too
Would love to a color with shades of purple and pinks that remind me of a sunset in worsted.
if there’s a vegan line, i haven’t seen it. that would be nice. a bamboo/cotton blend, maybe. do they have bamboo in any of their yarns?
MadTosh Pashima is my favorite to fondle, but it is the Tosh Sock that makes me haul out my wallet… I’d love to see some bold color combinations in addition to the lovely tone-on-tone sock options.
Cashmere is always correct, is my motto. Merino-silk-cashmere blends always interest me, especially in lace and fingering weights. Merino-tencel that has the natural look of wool, yet with a lovely drape. The MadTosh colors dazzle me with their brilliance.
I’m excited about the thought of Madelintosh in sport weight. It’s such a versatile weight…garments, socks, mitts, shawlettes, scarves…lots of possibilities.
Beautiful! Perhaps Pashmina in different weights?
I love the Mad Tosh 100% Pure Silk laceweight and would enjoy seeing more colors. I initially bought a skein of this gorgeous yarn in the color Alabaster. Color and drape are just to die for! Let’s see many more!
I’m so glad to see more sportweight yarns, so I would have to say colors: orange, magentas, and purples would be nice to see ! Thank you for this giveaway! =)
Please consider an angora/merino blend for softer than soft neck wear, such as cowls. Love your color selections
I am anxious to try some of these beautiful yarns – especially after reading all of the wonderful comments! I think I’ll try one of the sport or fingering weights for my next shawl project…
I am excited that they are coming out with a sport weight. The fatter the better in my book. Can you tell that I am tired of little needles? LOVE the color too.
I’d like to see the pashmina in a dk weight to make socks. It’s the only weight I use for socks & the silk/cashmere addition would make them wonderful.
I’d like to see fingering or lace gauge cotton or linen and silk blends! Also, I’d love sport weight merino and silk blends, with something else thrown in, maybe.
Thanks for asking