guess what came for me in the mail yesterday??? oooohhh, my yarn from Knit Picks, that's what!
holy lord, this stuff feels soooooooo nice. and i'm very very tickled that the combonation of the Hollyberry and the Fog Merino Style is not at all vomit inducing (while i do like my socks to be a little, well---let's not mince words, shall we?--insane, other articles of clothing i prefer to not mimic circus folk too often). in fact, it worked out just as i'd envisioned it with the hollyberry being a more blue red 
and the fog being cool as well. the other yarn is just natural in color, but boy howdy is it soft! the Austrian Knee Socks call to me, but so does my Sockapalloza pal's socks, oh! and a little thing called homework. sheesh.
i decided i'm not going to swatch for the Deep Argyle V-Neck Sweater Vest yet. i really need to focus on some other things, like afore mentioned homework and socks. so....
yeah, really that line of thought lasted all of, oh 30 seconds. ya know how it is. you begin to whole compromising with yourself on the spending of your time. isn't it beautimous???? i don't know yet whether or not i've achieved gauge (use US 4's) but this was really fun to work up, so i won't be shattered if i have to do it again. ps. after washing it up, the merino style doesn't feel so much like yarn anymore as it does velvety smooth butter, fyi.
and i've begun the stash reduction projects--wrist warmers knit up wilst i watched The 40-Year-Old Virgin