one more shot of the fugliness, for good measure:

so now what am i going to do with all of this??? suggestions are welcome. i might try some entrelac (after the scarf episode, can you believe i even just typed that?) or it might be making the trip in to the "long term" stash...

this is the other yarn i picked up for a super-secret future project! It's Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport, and... well, let's just say i can't stop touching it:

Also, let's all just take a moment to recognize that Janet is an idiot because she did not ask the lovely store with the lovely umbrella swift and ball winder where she spends unspeakable amounts of money to wind her skeins because they seemed "busy" during the anniversary sale (where she was spending unspeakable amounts of money...) so now Janet has an unspeakable number of unwound skeins of sport weight yarn.