Beautiful end result, but pattern needed full rewrite.
Don’t get me wrong, the finished article is beautiful, absolutely perfect, however, I had to spend hours (literally several hours) rewriting the pattern so that it came out as it should. It looks exactly right now, but without having spent the time writing out the pattern in full, it wouldn’t have done for less experienced knitters perhaps. Following the pattern as purchased, for me wouldn’t have worked at all. However, if you are prepared to spend the time doing what I did, the end result is...