Scouts Swag Yarn Review

This is my first real yarn review, and well, it's not really a review, just a collection of notes I've made as I knitted.
But I recently ordered (and have been knitting with) yarn that hasn't been reviewed anywhere and I wanted to collect my thoughts on the stuff. Of course everyon who has ordered from Scout has raved about her excellent customer service, timliness and ability to reproduce any concept in color.... but when I did my usual pre-buy research (this is a whole other subject!) I couldn't find any info on the actual yarn. The blogosphere was silent on the key questions: What does it feel like? How's the twist? Drape? Hand? Longevity?
As a public service, and for anyone wondering about the yarn:

Scouts Swag does have excellent customer service: Jamie (AKA Scout) responds to email immediately in a friendly, helpful way. She worked with me to figure out what it was, exactly, that I wanted (and this was a challenge as I was particularly wishy-washy, yet picky). When we got it figured out, she dyed the yarn and shipped it within a few days. She also wound it into 2 equal balls (well, cakes) for me, so I wouldn't have to wrestle with my own ball-winder.

I decided on the Superwash merino, 500 yds, in shades of gray and blue (but NO navy). She delivered a perfect blend: conservative enough for the office, yet fun (and blue!) enough for me, a not-very-conservative knitter/knee high lover.
I'm also very happy with how it is/isn't pooling as my stitch count changes.

The yarn is a 2 ply 100% superwash wool and right off the ball it feels slinky, a common trait of superwash wools. However, unlike some superwash wall (GGH Wollywashe) it doesn't feel slimey at all.

From top to bottom: Louet Gems Opal, Scout's Superwash, Koigu, Jaggerspun Zephyr

The 2-ply structure makes it less round than 3ply sock yarn (like the Louet yarn pictured) and it's not as tightly twisted as Koigu. It is actually very similar in twist and the way it behaves to Jaggerspun Zephyr: slightly loose and easy to split.

From left to right: Zephyr, Koigu, Scout's Superwash, Louet Gems Opal

While I've enjoyed watching the colors unfold as I knit, in the beginning I couldn't look away too much. If I'm not careful, my needles (not-all-that-sharp Boye dpns) will split the yarn and the motion of knitting sort of unspins the yarn. I've fixed this by knitting with my left hand so the action of knitting is actually putting more twist in the yarn instead of less. Now that I'm acquainted with it, the yarn is behaving much better, hardly any splitting.
The fabric I'm producing with US0 needles (approx 10 sts/in unstretched) is nice and drapey. I think the slinky thinness of the yarn produces a fabric plenty dense for a pair of socks, but not stiff. I could even go down a needle size and produce a good sock fabric, if I wasn't afraid of running out of yarn! My occasional split stitches and the yarns slight fuzzyness has created a fabric that looks less than perfect, but much of the blame falls on me. These socks have had a tramatic time of it: schlepped from TN to OH to SC and then mauled by a very loveable Lab puppy. Yes, mauled. He scooped up my knitting and ran down the stairs and through the yard and this sock survived!
A ll in all, I'm happy with my purchase, and I'm happy with how the socks are turning out. I prefer a tighter spun sock yarn for my general TV-watching, car-riding sock knitting, but for a project as big as this I needed the perfect color and and a personal buying experience: and Scout provided it!