The pattern is just lovely.  I could definately make another pair.  The colorway is fantastic – the picture doesn’t do it justice.  The subtle differences are just spectacular knit up.

They would have been done a lot faster had I not made some silly mistakes on the second sock.  What kind of silly mistakes?  Well, I was almost done with the leg and I held it up with the first.  The circumfrence was a full inch smaller.  I tried it on and it was TIGHT.  At first, I thought I’d just been knitting REALLY tight, but after ripping back to the ribbing and starting the pattern again, I realized that sock 1 had 7 sets of beads around the leg and sock 2 only had 6.  Yes, I had been making the small instead of the medium.  Duh.  The next day I cast-on the second sock again, when I took out the provisional cast-on, I realized I had done something wrong and I had what looked like a dropped stitch.  I ripped it out again and put it aside to make Wrenna.  After seeing my shipment notification for my March RSC shipment, I decided to pick it back up and knit it quickly.  Now, they’re beautiful.

Loving my Christmas present!  Might have to be an annual gift.

PS – Just realized these pictures are not what they should be.  I’ll try to get better pictures and update them!