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More goodies

I was going to buy myself a dress form for Christmas, but I've been getting so many goodies lately that I think that would be a bit over the top. I might get one at the end of January.

Two goodies arrived today:

The Colette book. The one that Amazon said will arrive between Dec 14-22? Yes. That one. Thank you Amazon, you are great! I can't wait to dive in.

The pattern is V8548. I had been musing over making a coat for a while. I was finally convinced by two things:
1. I have a ton of grey wool left over from the grey Rooibos.
2. My existing coat (RTW) is too big.

I went for V8548 in the end because I am really keen on how it looks. Besides, I've seen it attempted in several places around the blogosphere as well so I figured I might be able to tackle it too.

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