Got some time to work on the oriole vest last night while I held a sleeping baby. I'm still not sure about the color switch. (The new colorway is shown at left.) The original colors were so bright, and it made the main pink (used in the ribbing and solid stripe as well as in one of the two-color rows) sort of icy. The original colorway is shown here at right.
With the change, the new colorway is really muted, and oddly enough, the pink that looked icy before is really toned down now.
I do like it. I'm just not sure I didn't also like the other one! The good thing is that the tension is much better now.
I'm pretty close to the section where you bind off for the underarms. Then it will almost seem home free.
i like both colorways, although i'd tend to go more for your revised set of colors because the contrast is a bit less. but both sets are nice!