I am sooo excited, my Ibex organic sweater arrives tomorrow. As I think about it, it may be better for you Sandra than the shak. The shak is very form fitting, and I know when I was heavier that style was not flattering on me. I stopped the shipment of the small black shak, decided that I really need something a little larger to layer over my small thistle heather shak and my heavier ribbed cotton sweaters, so I think the medium organic sweater is gonna be perfect. The shak fits very much like a fitted cycling jersey, its weight is just a little heavier. I love it, but given where I live and that I have plenty of cycling gear, one is enough.

Sandra, if you do a search for merino wool at LLBean there are also other very nice sweaters available you might like at excellent prices. If you take out their credit card, shipping is free and they'll give you a $20 credit towards a future purchase. A reminder, Lisa pointed out that the organic sweater isn't merino wool, but I will give a full report tomorrow when it arrives. I hope I like it...... Its still available in XL.....

I also ordered a few of those LLbean bases, the price is so good, with the idea that I will only keep a subset of the bases I ordered, but I'll be able to compare them all. I find I have the best luck internet shopping this way, I ordered overlapping pieces in both small and medium, so I can try them on with my other clothes, and keep only what I love. I'll be able to compare Ibex, LLbean and Icebreaker all at once. At least I also get free shipping on both bean and sierra by using their credit cards, and I think the return shipping charges are cheaper than the time and gas of going to the mall (and the mall doesn't even carry this stuff).