Thanks! Yes, I was a bit afraid of the fit. The sweater schematics show a very tight upper arm for me and I had already gone up a size as recommended by the designer. I emailed with her and her solutions didn't work for me - she wanted me to start with the larger size and divide the sts differently between the body and sleeves. But I needed to drop the armhole a bit anyway because I like roomy armholes. I realized that doing those few more rows before splitting for sleeves and body brings that top of the sleeve down a bit and at that point the measurement fit. When you steek the body and sleeves and knit them together, you don't really get a chance to try it on fully till you've cut and sewn the steeks. So it is a bit of a risk. But I was measuring and was a bit looser on gauge so I figured it would work out.
