Paulie no stripes

So, my flow for this year is one color or cable project, one straight knitting project and an option to do socks. 

I haven't posted about my straight project - Paulie (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/paulie). 

It's made from knitpicks stroll heather twead in Autumn (http://www.knitpicks.com/yarns/Stroll_Tweed_Sock_Yarn__D5420150.html) which is lovely for garment knitting-soft with a nice hand. The pattern calls for stripes but with all the slubs, I thought that was too much.  

I like it. Need to see it on. 

My on deck plain sweater is Dinah (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dinah). It's a great pattern, but it seems like the execution is tricky. Or yarn choice?