From the French Girl Knits book- “If you begin with the sleeves, worked from bottom to top, it’s easy to get a handle on the mechanics of the four-round repeat. You then go on to those intriguing biasing side/back panels with some seed-stitch short-rows to complete the front. The sleeves and lower bodice are joined up, stitches manipulated and decreased, and before you know it, you’re racing toward the oversize mandarin collar finish line.”