Pattern called for knitting this flat, but I hate seaming so I did everything in the round as much as possible. It left me with only the underarms to sew up.

I found myself to be in between the medium and the large size, but since my gauge swatch came out slightly on the large side, I decided to knit the M and let the slightly off gauge and the fact tat I was not getting rid of any stitches to make up for not having seams take care of my sizing issue. As you can see, the fit turned out great.

I really loved the short rows to shape the back of the neck. I have a yoked sweater that didn’t use these and it is always a bit gappy at the back as a result.

I did stop the sleeves early, as I’m petite and have quite short arms. I just kept trying them on as I went after I finished increasing until they gout up to my armpits and stopped there.