I haven't posted about it much lately because it's going along very slowly: a few rows on the bus every day, that sort of thing. Also, I keep disliking it and raveling.
Today I put it on some waste yarn and tried it on (the real benefit of the top-down method), and I'm not sure I quite like the shaping but I think it is workable.
The yarn is really droopy, which is throwing me off. I think I will get down to the waist and see if it still bothers me how the bust increases and decreases fall.