Or, a finished object amongst all the undesirable posts.
Also on the sleeve instead of knitting in a (long) half-gusset I just kept the underarm stitches in stockinette and decreased into that. I like the tidy lines thus obtained, and the sleeves fit me well. I have sometimes carried the decreases (increases) along a 5 or 7-stitch panel down the top of the sleeve but that would have looked sloppy against the twisted-stitch pattern.
The armholes and front are steeked. Next time I'll cast up 7-stitch steeks instead of 5-stitch steeks. I think the steeks will lay flatter if they're wider, and will "hide" better when viewed from the right side.
All in all I'd say it is a successful sweater despite the "whole cloth" method I used to make it - which simply means I made a swatch and then made up the sweater as I went along. I made the sweater intentionally short - I'm dumpy enough despite my height that a hip-length sweater merely exaggerates those attributes I'd rather not display quite so prominently. This sweater falls just below my natural waist so makes it look as if I have a waist even if I might not. The sleeves are my usual "two inches two long" since I hate sleeves that ride up.
Changes for next time: wider steeks. 30% of the total stitches for the neck opening instead of 40% plus more back-of-neck shaping. Start front-neck shaping when the armhole steeks are cast up, if not sooner. I forgot to do any shaping at all so had to pick up accordingly to have the V-neck I wanted. Oops :D Decide ahead of time that the body pattern can support a no-welt construction, then use fake side-seams and a little waist shaping.
Finished chest: 44". Finished back: 19" including the welt. Finished sleeve: 23" with cuff.
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