I love this top. It's so soft! It is not has heavy as some of the Patty's sweaters I own. I wear a 10 in jeans and an 8 or medium in dresses. I wear a large in Patty's sweaters. A word of warning, this is an empire waist and I have a hard time keeping the empire seam under my chest. I will have to sew elastic on the seam and around to keep it from sliding up. I'm large chested and I do have this problem with any empire waist.