Yarn-of-the-month July swatches

My goal with joining the yarn-of-the-month club was to gain some experience knitting with different fibers. Each month I'll receive four different yarns - enough to knit a standard 4" by 4" swatch with each. Below are the swatches from the July shipment.

These all had some amount of linen in the fiber content - summer yarns, except for the first swatch, which is KidLin, a blend of kid mohair, linen, and nylon. This would make a nice scarf, shawl, or shrug.  But it struck me as definitely a wintery yarn--warm and cozy.

The second swatch is Cinnabar by Louisa Harding. I wasn't much on the color combo of the sample, but there are some softer colors that would be more my style. I loved knitting with this. There is a bit of a shiny strand running through it that gives it some depth. A summer V- neck pullover out of this would be lovely.

The third swatch is Damask by Rowan. This was a bit harder for me to work with - it's 30% viscose and pretty slippy.
Again, the color wouldn't be my style, but there is a more subtle combination of blues (Basalt 047) that I like a lot.
Rowen 41 has a couple of patterns using Damask: Tulip and Bonita.

The last swatch is Korella by Gedifra. This didn't hit me one way or the other. It seemed like a decent enough basic yarn (linen/acrylic blend) for summer.

So now I am waiting to see what August will bring...