Librarian Chic

It's an interesting mix of cultures, the school where I work. I teach exclusively on the girls' campus, and my life is now overrun with rap lyrics and neon nail polish. On the other hand, the staff at schools for troubled children tend to be very open, simple, zen-like people. (I mean, you'd have to be, wouldn't you?)

The girls like to give fashion and makeup advice all the time, but they seem to have accepted that I have more of a librarian sort of style, something in-between the Portland vintage funk and Vermont fleece chic. Danskos, cardigans, and french buns are my uniform.

Librarian Chic by rainydaisy featuring a long sleeve cardigan

Sexy right?

I have embraced it, in any case. And now I'm looking for a sweet cardigan to knit. It has been far too long since I have knit a sweater, and there is something immensely satisfying in sweater-knitting. I wear my Aidez all over the dang place, and as much as I love it, I need something else. I want to knit something big and squishy and beautiful and imagine how fabulous it's going to look.

I have some beautiful Vermont yarn (Mt. Ascutney Wool, no website. It's that good.) that was insanely cheap, but I only have 1050 yards of it, and it's a fairly stiff homegrown kind of wool. I have been browsing and dreaming of cardigans, and I think I've narrowed it down to the following:

Grenadine, by Amy Christoffers.
I would probably knit anything she told me to. 

Contented Cardigan, by Hannah Fettig

Snowbird, by Heidi Kirrmaier
This is the one I really want, but the yardage would be a stretch.

Bernhardt, by Alison Green Will

Merryall Cardigan, by....Amy Christoffers. 

So....should I go back to the wonderful little shop and beg them for more yarn? Or suck it up and knit something beautiful with what I have, knowing that usually the more I fret and plan something, the worse it turns out anyway?

Or does it even matter, when I pretty much love all cardigans equally? 

Now shush, I'm organizing my books alphabetically by author and publish date.