Stop me before I shop again! Yes, it's my birthday tomorrow, but I've indulged way more than I should have already! I normally avoid Elann like the dangerous whirlpool of temptation it is, but I decided to "just look" for a bit. A hundred bucks later, I have enough cotton and cotton blends for three sweaters - Stahl's sportweight cotton "Mama Mia" in a chocolate brown, for a sampler-stitch cardigan pattern I already have, and Austermann Saba in Claret and Buttercream, just because it looked so darn nice, plus a Patons pattern booklet for some basic cabled sweaters. I have been off-loading some of my wool over-purchases on my sister-in-law (she's a crocheter, not a knitter) and am really trying to get my stash in balance along with the rest of my life - I have too much wool for this climate, due to my felting fixation, and not enough cotton and cotton blends for actual, wearable garments. We do wear wool here - winter nights and mornings, and occasionally even the days, can be quite cold, and a wool cardigan is just right for days that start out cool and warm up later. But it's just about impossible to justify a wool pullover in this climate, you might get to wear it one day a year. And I have more than enough cardigans done or in the works or planned, so a stash readjustment was definitely in order.