I really dislike the construction of this garment. Allowing only 8 underarm stitches forces the adjoining stitches to become overly stretched out when attaching the sleeves to the yoke. As other people have noted, I think at least 10 stitches need to be left for kitchenering. I wish I had actually heeded the comments of others in this regard.

I mis-read the button band instructions and left out the three rows of garter stitches before the seed stitches.