A lovely cardigan; finished this week--blocking it and waiting for a sunny day to post some pics! I used a size 8 for ribbing (one size up from the pattern) to meet gauge; and then a size 9 for the rest (one size up from the pattern).

I made the waist in size 34 and added some extra increases to reach the 36” bust at the underarm mark.

Sleeves were made to size (not following the pattern in terms of number of stitches cast-on); I ended the sleeves at 54 stitches (4 shy of the pattern for a 34” bust)

For the join, I put 4 stitches on waste yarn from the sleeve and from the side seam (2 less than for the 36” size) to make up for the differences in my sleeves--which fit just great!

I used 12 skeins; it’s nice to have a bit extra for this sweater because of the amount needed for swatching--I think I used an entire skein just for that.

UPDATE
I was not happy with the increases I added to get from 34” waist to a 36” bust (you can see the squirrel wings in some of the earlier pictures). My friend Amy helped me tailor the sweater after the fact--we pinned the fabric (while I wore the sweater inside out) and then sewed it and cut the extra fabric out. So much better!!