I DID IT!  Just want to shout from the rooftop!  yupperss..finally finished THE sweater..it was an adventure to say the least..but it is done..do you wanna see a pic?  here you go my friends, a pic of all the pieces and then the final project.  So happy to cross this off my to do list.

 Do you like?  I sure hope so..the pattern can be found here