The yarn for my Mabelle has arrived:

It’s King Cole Merino Blend DK in shade #136. I think it’s a discontinued colourway (I bought mine from this splendid eBay seller, but can’t find it on the King Cole website). Anyway, the shade name is “African Violet”, though I have renamed it “Tinky Winky”:

See? Far more like a Teletubby. I hope this doesn’t mean that I’ll look less like a delicate flower and more like a big purple creature with a triangle on my head.

It’s lovely yarn. I’ve used it before, pre-blogging, for a small person’s sweater and it washes and wears really well. And it’s incredibly reasonably priced, too. Even full-price, it’s no more expensive than some other yarns which are blended with acrylic and other synthetics. So now I’m a happy bunny with my yarn, it’s time to swatch!