I don't recall ever doing a swatch. I've just had a "wing it" mantra (& have been lucky). I really want this to turn out nice AND use up stash so I went ahead and swatched today. I'm a tight knitter so I knew US 6 wouldn't get me to gauge. US 7 gave me 22 sts in 4 inches and US 8 gave me 20 sts. What I really saw in my swatch though is my blending color likely won't work. It "disappears" into the main color. Ugh..... back to the drawing board.

Hi everyone. I'm considering Malabrigo Rios and I have the Pisces color in my stash. I'd like that to be the contrast color. Thinking about treating myself to the Lobo Marina (for the blending color B) and Santa Rita (as the main color A). I'm still not sure how the blending color will play into the patterning so I'm wondering what you might think of this color selection. My framing color might be a charcoal grey or the Santa Rita, I haven't decided yet.

After a dive into my oldest stash and found these treasures. I hope I have enough of each one as it’s not possible to get more as they are discontinued. I’m knitting size 5. A: Zenta in Bordeaux, 540 m B: Angora-Tweed in White, 435 m C: Zenta in Lime Green, 1080 m D: Angora-Tweed in Beige, 435 m Gauge on size 4 mm in colourwork and stockinette

I like these colors but am worried that the black and white doesn’t “pop” enough. Thoughts on the pink?