I’ve opted to frog this because I’m not feeling the cable pattern; it’s too busy. Moreover, the yarn halo (alpaca) is not yielding optimal stitch definition. Oh well… It does seem to be a well written pattern but those cables, while not difficult, take quite a bit of focus and the outcome needs to justify the effort.

Did 18R of 2x2 ribbing on back body piece.

Sage Alpaca:

US5 Preblocked: 23.5st and 30.5R in 4”
US5 Postblocked: 22.5st and 32R in 4”

US5 Preblocked 2x2 rib:
US5 Postblocked 2x2 rib:

Just for reference, US6:

2x2 rib 32st and 28R in 4” - but stretched…