Same idea, new material

Today I was window-shopping and spotted this lovely knitted vest with a zipper in the front. You know, just your ordinary cable-knitted sweater, only more fitted and in the form of a vest. I have seen this before a few times and I really like the way it looks.
So what did I do? I found myself a huge sweater! This big white thing has been lying in my wardrobe for years and years. I get cold very easily and I guess this is the reason I have never thrown it out...too many memories of me sitting on the couch covered competely in this sweater :-)



I figured the same method as for the fleece sweater would work, so I measured it and put an item that that fits me nicely on top.
I did not want to take it out at the sides as those have the nice cablework. Instead, I decided to take out the center part as it wasn't as interesting as the rest of the pattern. The center part was just about the amount I would need to remove to make it fit. How lucky can you be! :-)



I cut off the neck part and saved it to re-attach it later on. I cut the bottom rim off to the correct length. (I figured I'd better save this too as I might re-attach it later on)
I then cut off the sleeve, corrected the sides and made the armhole a bit smaller. I roughly cut the sleeves to match the armhole again.

Time to put it back together!
Sewn the sides and center back. Pressed a new hemline and pinned in the zip, checked the length. Sewn the neck/collar back on and sewn the zip in. Sewn the hemline. Checked if everything was ok and it looked pretty good already!




Now the problem part: The sleeves.

The original sleeves were set very off-the-shoulder and because I fiddled with the placement of the armholes they are now too short. I have 2 strips of fabric I got from the center back and center front that I can use to lengthen them, and I decided to use the 'old' hemline to create a nice hemline for the sleeve - wrist piece? (or whatever you call that?!?!)

The only bummer is that these pieces don't match with the cable pattern on the sleeve. AND HERE IS WHERE YOU COME IN!
YES, your opinion matters to me as I cannot choose for myself :-)

Please, look at the pictures below and tell me which option you prefer, the insert with or without pattern? You can leave a comment on the wardrobe refashion post or at my own blog . I would really appreciate it!