Doll Sweater Design

Well, I sewed the shoulders together on my doll sweater and finished one sleeve. However, the sleeve is REALLY long. I followed the pattern exactly and the length of the sleeve is as described in the pattern but it just seems long for a 16" doll. It may be that the body of the sweater is currently smaller than listed in the pattern. I am going to put the neck edging on first and see how that looks. If the sweater is still small I'll put it on my daughter's doll and rip out the sleeve and shrink it down to a better size for her doll. The great thing is that I learned my lesson on checking the length of arms etc. for whoever I am knitting the sweater for. Luckily this is my first sweater on a small scale so I can work out these learning kinks.