I started sleeves with US3, which seemed too small then changed to US6. But they seemed still too small for my upper-arms even before the last increases, so changed the needles to US7 again. The knitted fabric was loosened off and looked ok.
I’m still afraid that I won’t be able to wear the cardi. Hopefully this works…I guess better to start off the body with US7.

This pattern…it is not easy to increase/ decrease stitches along the pattern.

I used more yarn than what I expected…
If I have a chance to make one more I would probably make sleeves w/o incs and body with minimized incs and decs since the garment is pretty stretchy. Though I struggled with this cardi, I love the pattern, the cardi and, of course, the color too!!