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back and forth back and forth.......

I've been having a debate with myself the past week on what I want to make next.......it's not that I don't have a bunch of stuff waiting to be finished but it's fall and I'm in the mood to knit warm things for me especially since my Idlewood pullover was a smashing hit! I wore it to work yesterday and not only did I love it, so did everyone else, and I didn't look like a freak stuffed into a potato sack.....these are the things I worry about.
So now what? What project sits on my horizon? A cardigan or another pullover I wondered? Then BANG the new Deep Fall Issue of Knitty released and it smacked me like an ignored lover across my face........Cadence by Jordana Paige.

I'm also now on the hunt for the perfect yarn for the Effortless Cardigan, and lucky for me I'll be in Minnesota next week and know of a couple fantabulous yarn shops that will have just what I need.....

As for Cadence......I have six beautiful skeins of Dream in Color in a deep red wine color that I bought last year at So Much Yarns annual sale that will be absolutely perfect! In fact I'm going to raid the stash right now for it and I won't take any lip from it this time!
Anywhooo, I'm off to Minneapolis tomorrow for a week, back to Seattle for a couple days then back to Minneapolis for another few days......talk about back and forth. I'm off to wind up some yarn.

p.s. did you know that when Gabby is upset she whines like Chewbacca from StarWars?

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