I am having a week end of knitting and sewing, especially finishing things off.
The jumper that I am knitting is
upside down,
downside up,

top down. This is my first attempt at top down knitting. So I started with the ribbing at the neck, and with all the increases it is going well. The puzzling thing is that the writer of the pattern says to try to jumper on, and make sure the sleeves are big enough.
To do that I would need to put all the stitches on a long thread, and fiddle about muchly. I am assuming that it is more important that the front and back are the right size. What do the other knittists on here think? I am using James Brett marble chunky so all the colour changes are round the neckline and part way down the body and the sleeves. I have a chunky wool in a toning red for the rest of the garment.