My First Sweater

This post will be updated as I work this sweater, until I finish it or admit defeat.

10/9/14 - 

First off, the smallest size (S) is for a 37” bust. I’m a definite 34”, so I adjusted the pattern. Her sizes went in 3” increments, so I extrapolated without too much difficulty.
Next, as someone else noted, that pattern doesn’t match the photo, which is annoying, misleading, and frustrating. So I again whipped out my pencil and modified the pattern Instead of the center panel being:
4 sts stockinette, 4 reps (8 sts each) honeycomb, 4 sts stockinette - total of 40 sts
I made it:
8 sts stockinette, 3 reps honeycomb, 8 sts stockinette - total of 40 sts
I realize this will change the width of the finished sweater, since the honeycomb gathers while the stockinette doesn’t. Especially since that pattern change is repeated on the back. On the other hand, I have no idea if the designer measured the pictured sweater or the patterned sweater, but if forced to guess I’d think the pictured sweater. So I’m golden.
Did I mention that this is my first sweater? My first major knitting project? And I’ve started by rewriting the entire pattern? Yeah, I’m just as curious as anyone else to see what I end up with. My husband expects it to have 3 arms…

10/9/2014 - 

Notice I'm including the year. I obviously don't expect to finish this project before that part of the date becomes meaningful. 

Last night I knitted a whole seven rows. At this rate, the century part of the date might also come into play. Then again, my efforts included casting on in pattern. Being a newbie, that's fairly time consuming. So I'll be happy that it got done, and stitch markers were placed, and I didn't get halfway through row one and find a miscount or anything. We will take our victories where we find them, and celebrate them with full fanfare. 

So I'm nearly done with the bottom edge ribbing (which includes braid cables).  Yay!