I used the same yarn called for in the pattern and am very pleased with the outcome. The yarn is not scratchy but not fluffy soft either. It feels more like cotton than it does wool. I think that if you use a “fluffier” wool like maybe wool-ease, etc that a lot of the pattern definition will be lost.

Turns out I didn’t have the sz 6 needles for the ribbing so I did the whole thing in sz 8 dpn. I don’t think it made much of a difference.

Yay! Finished in 2 days and I had exactly the right amount of yarn!