Now THIS I like!

YEAH!  I love the way the shaping looks, even with generous positive ease, which is how I like sweaters.  

This sweater is very flattering on all of the models. I LOVE the shaping and will definitely consider making this one!

I really think it needs some short rows in the center back and front hem sections so the bottom has a more graceful curved line. There's something funny about the way it hangs on all the models, except those that's its tight on. Nice concept though.

KUDOS to the designer on this one! Hourglass lines are so flattering on so many people, and I am a sucker for 3/4 sleeves and nice bottom hems. I love it on Kat--not too tight but flatteringly huggy-- but I think it looks good on pretty much everyone. Actually, least good on Bertha this time around. :)

LOVE the color, too!

Nice sweater.   Subtle design is flattering and complementary.  Great color.    Very cheery and happy.

Oh yeah.  This one's a "keeper."  In my queue that is.  ;)

Oh my, Sandi looks stunning in this one! The colour, the fit ... perfect.

I agree with Ellen K.  Nice sweater, but there's something wrong with the way it hangs at the bottom.  With a little shaping it would be perfect.

The neckline on this sweater is very pretty and I think looks best without anything underneath so you can really appreciate it.  It looks FAB on you, Sandi!  While it looks fine with lots of ease, I think it is most flattering with just a little bit.

Nice, aside from that funky bottom edge!

Looks great.  I'm not crazy about 3/4 sleeves, though - I'm always finding myself tugging on the sleeves.  So I would prefer to lengthen the sleeves down to my wrist - any tips for doing so?  

Love this one! Does the patten lend itself to adding some short-rows in the bust? The extra length in front helps me a lot.

I'd love to see more from this designer!  The design is flattering to all the models.  After seeing so many of these galleries, I realize how unusual that is!  And, it's a beautiful color that lets you see the structure and details.

I knew I was going to make this sweater from the moment I saw it on the preview.  I love the princess shaping.  These photos are so helpful in seeing where to tweak the pattern.  I also sew so I take fitting a sweater with a slightly different approach.

For instance Toni has narrow shoulders and a slender neck, she definitely needs to make the neck narrower and her shoulder line needs to be narrower also.  I am currently a sweater where I used the pattern size for the chest up to the armholes and then at that point I decreased down until I have enough stitches to use the size that matches my shoulder width.  This will also give me the smaller neck size I need too. Having this sweater correctly fit in the shoulder width and neck size is crucial to overall fit as everything hangs off the shoulders.

The difference in the back between Debbie and Stefanie is amazing.  Even though they are .5" difference in chest size, Stefanie has a wider back than Debbie and you can see it in the folds in the sweater. I think this is important to point out, because bust and chest are two different things.  One can be a 40 and be a larger cup size which means narrower back than one who is 40 in the bust and a smaller cup size which means wider in the back.  In fact this sweater looks awesome on all you ladies with the wider back. I'll look into seeing if I can knit a back piece in a narrower size and add more to the front princess panels in order to get my sweater back to the bust size I need.

I am concerned about the side panels being knitting on the bias.  Having them knit this way is affecting the hang of the garment.  I don't know if short row shaping would fix the look because I am concerned that the bias sides will continue to grow as the front stays stable.  We sewists know that when working with fabric having a straight grain and bias grain creates wonkiness.  I don't have enough experience in knitting to same the thing, but I think this is what this is showing.  If this is the case then I hope I can figure out how to knit the panels without the bias knitting.  And it will be absolutely wonderful if we see more patterns like this without the bias shaping on the side.  I can see on Toni where it is causing drag lines because she likes so much ease.

Hope this isn't too long.  I love this sweater and hope to make more than one, so I am going to be playing with this pattern for a long time.

I love this sweater and have the perfect yarn for it. Where can I find the pattern??

Love the color!  Love the sleeves!  Love the shaping in the back!  Love the neckline!  Love the hourglass fit!  Don't love the little cables going up the front or the funky heml in the front.

Sandi, this one looks FAB-U-LOUS on you!  Keep it and wear it often!

This one caught my eye in the magazine because of the size of the model.  I cheered when I saw that they used a curvey, generously sized model and the look was perfect.

This sweater is wonderful for the lovely, feminine curves of women.  The hour-glass shaping of the panels are so complimentary.  It looks so nice on all the ladies.  

Nice sweater.  If it is supposed to have an even hem, Pegola is right - there is something wrong with the way it hangs in the front.  Where shortening the sleeves is suggested, I think that would be mistake - making the sleeves end at the elbow.  These are perfect 3/4 sleeves and sleeves should not end at the elbow.  They should end either above or below.

I too was THRILLED when I saw a plus sized model wearing this sweater in the magazine. Kudos to Interweave Knits! The style is great and it's nice to know it works so well to other sizes and shapes.

Other than that odd bubble in the lower front (between the cables), this is a sweater that someone could actually wear. And I'm glad it looks best on Sandi for a change!

This issue has so many things I can wear, but this is definitely one of the more work friendly pieces (a lot of the other ones are more layering pieces).  I am always looking for things to make that look good that are high enough in the back neck to provide good coverage.

This is also the one piece that my non-knitting friends looked at and said they liked.

This is a pretty piece, but I agree with Phyllis, I think the sleeves look good on all of the models. Also, where it was suggested to make the sleeve smaller at the top of the arm to fit Erin, I disagree as well. I don't really like the skin-tight look on the upper arms, it brings attention to an area, personally, I don't want to be bringing it to.

love it!  this will go on my "to-do" list ;-)

I love this gallery feature.  

You guys need to keep a watch on Debbie.  She's enjoying her supermodel role more and more.  Of course, with this sweater, it's easy to see why.

Sandi, I think this sweater was MADE FOR YOU!  You look great in it!

It is most beautiful on you, Sandi, and really doesn't do much for Bertha.

Viewing this sweater's gallery next to the other galleries makes me wonder how much the galleries' impressions are affected by the fact that most of the sweaters are too small for most of the models.  Seeing this sweater, which was knit in a larger size than usual for a magazine sample, I realized that a lot of what may seem like fatal flaws in a sweater's design might really be just a matter of trying to squeeze people into too-small garments. I find it difficult, if not impossible, to visualizie  how a sweater would look with the correct fit on a body type that doesn't fit the dimensions of the existing sample.  Here, I think this sweater (Sidelines Top) is least flattering on Toni, Debbie and Bertha, all of whose proportions are most similar to mine, and I have to admit that I'm much less likely to consider making the sweater for that reason, even though I know that the sample is too small for them. (And though I do think Debbie's adorable, I think that part of her photogenicity in the galleries is the fact that she (often) fits the smaples better than most of the other gals.

This isn't a criticism of you, Sandi - you consistently and assiduously remind us when sweaters are not correctly sized for the gallery models.  I think that the problem is just inherent in having only one sample available, and usually one that is sized for a rail-thin model at that!

It really is a shame that we're not able to see the galleries with at least two samples - one smaller, the other larger, used.  I suspect that we'd have a much different opinion on quite a few if the garments overall.  At the least, it would be interesting to find out! if it made any difference.

Oh, Sandi, this one definitely needs to go home with YOU.  No doubt about it.

It really hangs on Bertha.  The hem seems to roll.  I'd do a picot edge hem to give it a little more weight on the bottom.  I loathe wearing tops that flip up on me when I move around.

There is nothing nice about this top, except the colour!.  

It is dowdy and  doesn't fit anybody in the gallery, other than Sandi.

The 'sidelines' are strangely placed, they are too widely spaced at the bottom and do not have a flattering line, either back or front.  It drapes down at the side/underarm.

The hemline is odd, and the whole thing needs a huge ammount of work!

Knitting is a wonderful craft, a lot of work and the results should be STUNNING, FLATTERING, PRACTICAL & COMFORTABLE.

I totally agree with Wendy.  I get annoyed reading negative comments about a design or a designer because the sample doesn't fit properly on the gallery models.  Clearly every body is different even within the same size.  Factor in that the gallery model requires a different size than the sample being shown, and of course it isn't going to look right!  That doesn't mean that the design is poor!!  Different styles look better on certain body shapes than others.  Rather than criticize the designer, just pick another design if one doesn't work right for your body shape.  I know what styles work well for me and I avoid the ones that don't.  That doesn't mean that styles that don't work for me won't look beautiful on someone else.  So, stop picking on the designers!  (And no, I am not a designer).

Why do some people think others want to read their negative comments?  I enjoy reading the constructive comments by most of the posters but comments that are just downright negative and unconstructive are pointless.

You kept saying the sleeves should be shorter, but they looked just right to me.  I wouldn't shorten them for these ladies at all.  

The lines are really nice on this top.  I like everything about this one.  Thanks.

This was the one sweater in this magazine that looks like it was made for someone shaped just like me...not stickly thin, but nice and curvy.  I love this sweater.  Again, I wish you had taken the photo straight on, and not sideways.  It doesn't really show us how the sweater looks when the models are standing sideways.  

I was also thriled when I saw the plus size model in the IK mag. This looks fabulous in real life and def wearable for a larger lady like myself.

Why does it ride up at the centre front? (cables lay longer than the stockinette section) Perhaps a little more length in the stockinette section of the C.F. are needed

I want one in spring green one n baby pink, and mybe one in royal blue.  Gorgeous, and crazy how it looks good on every body.

Fabulous.  I knew I'd love this one.  Thanks so much for this pattern!!

I agree that the stick-thin models aren't the best indication of how the garments will fit.  However, neither are full-figured models, if you're not full-figured!  It would be most useful if they could be shown on at least two sizes of model.  I am neither sticklike nor full-figured.  

Sandi, the Sidelines Top looks amazing on you.  The style, the fit and the color are all so flattering.  You need this sweater!

The comment above about all the sample sweaters being smaller sizes brought up a question I've often had:  Where does that come from?  Is it the designer's original garment?  Are the different sizes of patterns test-knitted as well as the original garments, or are the different sizes calculated out mathematically and never actually test-knitted?  

I didn't think I'd like this but it is great!  This is why I love the galleries.  You all look fabulous!

Deanna K for the sidelines top.........this one looks good on everybody!!!    I'm considering it in chocolate brown and lengthening the sleeves for winter.  I want something I can throw on anytime, wear casual or nice, skirt or jeans.  The cables in their location are very slimming!

YUMMY top!  Will definitely go on my "to-do" list. Like others, I'm somewhat concerned by that wavy front hem, so will tinker a bit when I make it. The Gallery is ***so*** helpful for details like this. It looks great on everyone -- and the color is certainly a plus!

--Lynda in Oregon

Thank you for not only showing how this looks on different people but also showing the multiple views.  

Why does the writer think the sleeves need to be shorter?  if anything, I'd make them longer.

I am thinking about this sweater for my plus sized daughter. Love the color. I'm new to knitting. Crocheted for years, do all forms of needlework and the one thing I'd like to say is that most of the garments I've seen in the magazines are too short. Especially for plus sizes. Little short tops make most bottoms look huge. Bigger than they really are. At least this one is better lengthwise than most. My plus sized girl yearns to wear fashionable knits but most aren't  long enough, she's bottom heavy.I'd love this even more if it had a few more rows added.

This gallery is the greatest feature!  It's so hard to guess what a sweater is going to look like from different angles.  The multiple views and body types are incredibly helpful.  I think the side-effect of people making their own clothes is this abundance of pictures of real people wearing them.  What a refreshing and positive difference!

Wow, I liked the sweater in the magazine...now I love it!  Hubby gave me a gift card for my LYS for my birthday - now I know what I'm shopping for.

Thanks for the pictures ladies.