Swing Jacket Monday

Beth writes, "I've finally bought my yarn!  It's Dalegarn Hauk in a pretty shade of olive.  I really wanted to buy some gorgeous Jo Sharp DK in a color called glade, but it was twice the price, couldn't justify it.  I'm swatching right now and pretty pleased with the yarn - I hope to post a picture (at least of my yarn and swatch) soon."

Suse writes, "I've finished the yoke, and am working my way steadily through the first sleeve.  No pics this week; I'll try and do better next week."

As for me, I cast on for the first sleeve a while back, and after only a few rows wondered if I should make the sleeves narrower than written.  I am, I'm afraid, one of those people whose sleeves drag in whatever happens to be around to have sleeves dragged in.  (Is this a mommy thing? am I just more susceptible now that I have small children in the household who leave messes around for me to drag my sleeves in?)  The sleeves are much wider than they appear in the IK photographs, due to the way that the model is holding her arms.  The easiest way to do it is, of course, simply eliminate the sleeve shaping, by casting on the same number of stitches needed at the point where the sleeve cap shaping begins.  But would this alter too dramatically the lovely swinginess of the garment?  I'm still pondering ....