The top 2 photos show the correct colorway--but doesn’t Evelyn look cute in it (with room to grow)?

I decided to use a size 4 US--instead of a 3-- to knit the buttonband and collar. I think that was the right choice to keep the collar from being too tight and to keep the button band from pulling.

I had a very very difficult time picking up the wraps on the left side of the 1 by 1 rib shawl collar. It seems (to me) that there is a RS, WS to the pickups. The directions have you pick up one side of the collar’s wraps on the RS and the other on the WS…I think that’s the rub. And the short rows only shorten by one stitch so the wraps are all tightly packed. I am dissatisfied with the collar. And it’s such a prominent feature in the otherwise beautiful sweater. I soaked the sweater in Eucalan and laid it flat to try. The stitches relaxed and even the collar looks better.