Knitting sweaters with custom design

 On Sundays I received a newsletter from the yarn shop Harps and Thistles.  Judy almost has something of interest in her newsletter.  She has a feature called Ask Hank that often has a tip of interest to me.  This week a reader asked Hank about changing a neckline so it fits more closely and is higher.  Hank replied that he suggested using Elizabeth Zimmerman's system EPS (Elizabeth's Percentage System)

And then Hank suggested reading the following article:

https://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/FEATknitbynumbers.html?utm_source=Customers&utm_campaign=96f9035d1e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_05_02_38_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e25910db8b-96f9035d1e-508883713&mc_cid=96f9035d1e&mc_eid=178c0f918a

and the article in the newsletter ends with:

If you're not up for knitting an entire EPS sweater, then the pattern tells us that a close-ish fitting neckline is about 45% of the chest measurement. Find the total number of stitches around the chest, and figure 45% of those stitches. This is your target for the neckline. You can make adjustments to your pattern based on that number. This percentage can be translated into nearly any style of sweater where you want to change the neckline.