What a cute little sweater! This is a great pattern, and was such fun to knit up--especially the twisted “cable” edge, which was wonderfully easy for dramatic results.

Modification Notes:
I wanted to shorten the sleeves, and was wary of the provisional cast on worked from both sides, so I worked each half flat instead. I cast on 56 st, long-tailed, then purled a row, then worked rows 1-6 of the pattern to set it up. Then I skipped ahead in the pattern and worked the stitch pattern two more times, increasing on row 3 as specified, only with “k5” at the beginning and end, instead of k4 (to keep the stitch count right, working flat). When I got to row 6 the last time, then, I cast on (cable method) 35 st. at both the beginning and end of row 6. This puts my cast-on edge in the most “quiet” part of the pattern, and means I can start row 1 of the next pattern repeat with both front and back even. Oh, yes: working back after casting on extra st, I k2tog at each point where the cast-on stitches joined my sleeve, to tighten up that join. It made it the equivalent of casting on 34 st, so that I had 132 stitches total (front + sleeve + back), just as the pattern indicates. The pattern worked out just fine!

Continuing: I seamed the side and underarm once each side piece was knitted.

After trying it on with the two finished halves pinned together, I decided to remove one 6-row pattern repeat on each side, to make it a bit more shapely in its fit. (That leaves 8 repeats on each side, total, including the first cast-on one).

When I reknit the gusset I made it a little deeper, again to add more shaping and to adapt to my “curvy” hips.

Then I added two rows of crocheted scallops to each sleeve.

I’ve also taken out a few (6, to be precise) rows of garter stitch where the cabled edge joins the garment to make a narrower collar.

Process Photos Uploaded:
-A picture of the whole thing, shaped for blocking.
-A picture of the side seam (just regular old mattress stitch).
-A picture of the back gusset and kitchener join in the center.

I love how feminine and fancy it came out. The CotLin worked out well, too, and it’s light and bright and nice for summer.