I ended up shortening the length to where it hits just below my butt. I ran out of the Noro yarn, but had enough Lamb's Pride in royal blue to finish out the hood. The hood is my favorite part...it's roomy and extends out past your forehead. But I didn't seam the pieces together properly and I've been thinking about taking it apart and re-doing them. The sleeves are too long in an annoying way, and they don't look right rolled up. Since this was my first sweater, I continually toy with the idea of frogging the entire thing and doing it again...either by making changes to this pattern, or choosing a completely different one. If I do keep this pattern and just end up improving the fit, I will still need some sort of closure for the front. Any ideas? Right now there's a big silver safety pin on there...I can do better.
