Colour decision

The main colour is sage, the ribbing is darkish grey -- and for that stripe that adds the zing to this man's cardigan, the choice is between the tweedy green (is there enough?), the reddish brown (4ply, use double), or the expensive new wool.

Plan A is to knit all the ribbing - fronts, back, sleeves - and see if there's enough of the dark green tweedy stuff.

The pattern is in Classic Knits for Men - many enticing things to choose from. I used to make up my own patterns without a second thought, especially combinations of cables, but now it's great to have it all written down already, even the amount of wool needed -- though that often means there's 1 3/4 balls left over.