IK Spring 08

I got my issue of IK in the mail and honestly I'm not sure I like a lot of the patterns. What's this issues obsession with reverse stockinette stitch? It looks kind of flea market to me. I did like the La Luz cardigan however it is going to be extremely expensive to make. I do like the Slyph Cardigan but I wonder if it will look funny on me since it is a bit of a strange design. I probably won't knit this actually since I have two sweaters to get to first. I did like the stoles in this months issue however, I wish they were knit as once piece rather than knit as two pieces and then grafted together. This can get kind of messy with lace...