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Madelinetosh · at Jimmy Beans Wool

Pashmina

Name: Madelinetosh Pashmina
Brand: Madelinetosh
SKU: madelinetosh-pashmina
Price: 43.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Fingering · 371 yds / 113 g

$43 per skein

Merino, silk and cashmere in Madelinetosh's saturated hand-dye. Fingering weight with a soft shine.

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Weight: Fingering
Fiber: 75% Merino, 15% Silk, 10% Cashmeremerino yarn cashmere yarn silk yarn
Length: 371 yds (339 m) per 113 g
Yards per 100 g: 328 compare weights
Needle: US 3-5
Gauge: 5.5-6

From Jimmy Beans Wool

A Madelinetosh favorite, Pashmina is a hand-dyed, 3-ply, sport-weight yarn that blends the worlds of soft, squishy, and sturdy!

Colors

Madelinetosh Pashmina comes in 118 colorways at Jimmy Beans Wool, including gray shades like Silver Lining and Astrid Grey/ Optic, pink shades like Pink Mist Smoke Tree and Copper Pink, blue shades like Umbrella Sky and Nassau Blue and green shades like Leaf Fall and Jade.

How much to buy

Rough skeins of Pashmina (371 yds each) for an adult size
Project	Yardage	skeins
Hat	~300 yds	1
Cowl or scarf	~420 yds	2
Shawl	~650 yds	2
Adult sweater	~1,400 yds	4

Typical Fingering yardage; your pattern's number always wins. Plug it into the Yarn Estimator for an exact count.

About Madelinetosh Pashmina

Pashmina is a 3-ply blend of 75% merino, 15% silk and 10% cashmere, hand-dyed in Madelinetosh colorways. Each 113 g skein holds 371 yards.

The merino gives it bounce, the silk adds a soft shine and some strength, and the cashmere adds softness. Madelinetosh describes it as soft, squishy and sturdy, and the 3-ply construction gives round, well-defined stitches. Our catalog lists it as fingering, but it knits up at a slightly heavier gauge than most fingering yarns.

It's for knitters who want a little cashmere in a yarn that's still practical, and who love saturated hand-dyed color.

Best for

Lightweight sweaters and cardigans
Shawls with texture or cables
Hats and mitts worn next to the skin
A special gift skein for a knitter
Light crochet shawls and wraps

Working with it

The listed needles are US 3–5, at 5.5–6 stitches per inch. The 3-ply structure makes it easy to knit and frog, and it shows cables and twisted stitches clearly. Silk adds drape, so wash and dry your swatch before measuring. Alternate skeins in larger projects to blend any variation between hand-dyed skeins. Its smooth surface also makes it a good choice for crochet, where the stitches stay crisp.

Care

The catalog doesn't list care instructions. With silk and cashmere in the blend, hand wash is safest: use cool water and a gentle wool wash, avoid agitation, and dry flat. See our silk and cashmere guide.

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