modifying a pattern - turtle to round neck

I am about to start work on a sweater for my husband. We decided on a free pattern "The Fog" from tiennie knits. But this pattern has a turtle neck, and my husband wants a round neck.

The actual change from a turtle neck to a round neck is quite simple. First, move the neck shaping down 1-3 inches, depending on your design. (Note: any arm shaping should be kept in the original place). Once the pieces are put together, pick up stitches evenly around the neckline, and knit as you would for a turtle neck, binding off after 0.5 - 1 inch.

I started by sketching out the front and back of the original pattern. If there are not provided diagrams I typically do this with projects like sweaters. This allows me to get a handle on any shaping. Sometimes it's a rough, un-scaled version, but this one I scaled using graph paper. This allowed me to see exactly which measurements I could shorten or lengthen to suit my needs.



For this pattern, I am planning to begin the neck shaping about 2 inches earlier. This brings the edge away from the neck, since the turtle neck starts right next to it. Because the neckline is dropped, a few more stitches will have to be picked up on each side after it's put together. Then I will bind off the stitches after about 1 inch of pattern knitting.