Fall-ing for Madelinetosh Yarns

Fall is certainly in the air here in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. The trees are turning colours and many are dropping leaves. Today I saw the mama raccoon and her babies walking into work and they are fattening up for winter as well. Yes, it won't be long before the nights get especially chilly and winter coats will be coming out.

So my thoughts turn to pumpkins, gourds as well as golden orange and red leaves. Although we've already celebrated Thanksgiving here above the 49th parallel, those of you below it have time to secure something like this for your Thanksgiving festivities.

How about a cornucopia filled with lovely fall coloured Madelinetosh yarns? This is available from Jimmy Beans Wool for a short time. The vivid burnt orange and muted millet yellow paired with the light gray/maroon and peachy/off-white variegated yarns all look stunning in this horn of plenty.

So if you have a knitter you want to give a wonderful thank you gift to for a great Thanksgiving dinner, check out this link to order one up and have it delivered before the big celebration. Jimmy Beans used Madelinetosh yarns for this one, so be prepared to have your wallet wide open. (Tosh yarn is hand dyed and a bit pricey, but the colours, oh the colours are so beautiful.)

Here's an additional colour combinations, just for the fun of it.

Another idea is to use scrap yarn like this:

The photo says it was a bouquet created for the opening of A Good Yarn somewhere in Halifax, NS (Nova Scotia for you non-Canadians). The description indicates the designer used a glue gun to fashion this arrangement. If one were to use more fall colours it too could make a great gift.

Any knitter worth their weight in yarn will know exactly what to do with these ideas. Or if you know where to source lovely earth-toned yarns, make one for yourself and enjoy fall colours all winter long.

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