Rowan Magazine #42 - I am in serious lust

I picked up Rowan #42 yesterday and have not yet finished mopping up all the drool. This is the first Rowan mag in quite a while that has inspired seriously twitchy fingers.

Usually I find 1 or 2 things an issue, but in this particular issue I have 8 things bookmarked as "For Sure" and the same number marked as "Potentials".

I also enjoyed the "how to wear colour" article that shows the Design team wearing sweaters from the issue. Gave me some great ideas for color and other pattern modifications, as well as showing regular shaped people wearing the designs.

My "For Sures" in no particular order:

Earn
Bressay Hap Shawl
Budapest
Cologne
Earth Stole
Petersburg
Rannoch Dress
Tartan Scarf

And can I just mention that I *LOVE* the fact that sweater dresses are back. Probably the fact that my formative years were during the 80s, but I luuvvv sweater dresses! Seriously rocked them in college and so happy that they are back. Have a beautiful one on order from Boden, and am thinking that Rannoch Dress from the Rowan mag might be the first project I tackle. Or maybe I'll attempt to turn Earn into a sweater dress. Hmmm...

So much for stash busting... Maybe I'll research a few addition stash busting projects to balance things out. I am trying to not buy any new yarn until I have made a serious dent in the wooley behemoth in the basement... but it's so dang hard with all the fun new stuff for Fall.

Now if only I could find a turtleneck t-shirt dress like J Crew used to make in the 80s and I'll be set!