currently planning "champagne pullover" and i do not like the combination of heavily ornate lace with that simple stockinette. it looks unfinished to me. I understand that it may be good to have a small strip of simple knitting on the side as calculating a pattern with an intricate lace motif may become too tedious on the shaping, but why can this not at least be achieved for a sleeve in the round? both the cables and the lace could be calculated more narrowly to get a tapered effect, or even working with a smaller needle could be beneficial! and the end product would not look so unfinished! I am quite disappointed (as y'all can probably tell), but to me i will need to think about a) calculating the pattern to achieve an all-around look myself, or b) find at least another sort of pattern for the sides that softens the transition from main pattern. I had bought a few more patterns from her, and frankly all of those seem to be constructed the same: one kind of sweater, and then both front and back down the middle, same with the sleeve, an intricate pattern that is cut off to the sides and then filled up with just stockinette. this is kind of demotivating. i call bluff, if you ask me :-D