This sweater was a joy to knit!

I didn’t do as much waist shaping as the pattern called for. I did 7 decrease rounds for the waist, and so the numbers would work out did 4 fewer increase rounds for the bust.

I also wanted my sweater to be a bit longer than the pattern called for, so added a few extra rounds between the waist and bust shaping, then continued knitting after the bust increases until I got to 15 inches from the cast-on edge.

I have short arms, so made the sleeves 17 inches instead of 18. It ended up that by the time I finished the arm increases I was at exactly the 17 inch point.

Other than that, I knit the pattern exactly as it was written. I did order an extra skein of the MC, which turned out to be a good thing. Because I had added some length to it I ended up needing it. Oddly, the pattern called for two skeins of shade 202 but I only needed one.

My only caution would be if you are knitting this sweater in low light be careful not to confuse the MC blue with the CC blue. I learned the hard way.