Wheres the White Rabbit?

Finished my Jo Sharp sweater out of the lovely Rowan. It came out great - I did a good seaming job and had very few mistakes at all. The yarn is really gorgeous.

But the blocking. This yarn expanded! As a tweedy wool would. But, I must now grow in order to wear the thing. I need one of those little cakes Alice had. A little taller, a little wider, a little more solid in the shoulders. I imagine I've been off gauge all through, and didn't really notice, but I had tried all the pieces together and they were OK. Oh why did I block?

Maybe I'm knit cursed? The last three sweaters I made - the everest vest I gave to Melissa, Arwen, which is off being evaluated for a refund, and the Jo Sharp vest, which I abandoned a few inches in - what have I got? Oh yeah, and the socks I also bailed on. I got nothin.

This could be a lesson in substituting yarn (really... if I want to take a close and objective look... hmmm) but no - the Jo Sharp was the suggested yarn and I wasn't feeling the urge to finish it.
Ugh, it's the yarniverse conspiring against me?

But back to this cardigan. I have to sew down the collar and add the buttons, but maybe I won't.

I'm thinking of bringing it ot Knitsmiths and seeing who it suits. Maybe someone's been dying for a purple short sleeved cardigan - someone who's around a size 10? I could frog, but i did such a GOOD seaming job, if you know what I mean. I'll never find the ends all woven in perfect and such. oh well, no promises, but it might be up for grabs on Sunday.