A tale of two sweaters

Martine here, Hilltopper for almost a year. For an intro post, I thought I show two sweaters I've worked on. This first is my very first finished object, a Lopi sweater, made out of a bulky tweed.

It's several sizes too large, has many cleverly placed yarn-over eyelets throughout the body, and a fairly noticeable line below the neckline where I ran out of yarn and had to substitute a different dyelot. It took just under two years to finish, which was a mere eight years after I first learned how to knit. It still lives back in New England, but being cozy and warm, my mother appreciates it when walking the dog in winter.

Fast forward fifteen years, and we come to my current project, Rosita. It's the cover sweater from Jaeger 35, and let's just say it's been an challenge. The already complicated lace pattern has some serious errors, but thanks to Hilltop's own Annelie, there's an errata. I substituted RYC Cashcotton 4-ply for Jaeger's Siena and was completely unable to make gauge, so there was some additional pattern monkeying (and going down to size 000 needles for the edging, eeks!) It's been slow going (but faster than my 2 year adventure with the first sweater), and I'm done with the back and both sleeves:

A close-up of the stitch pattern:

I'm now at a decision point, the front. The pattern is a pullover, but I've always thought it would be better as a cardigan. I've already done so many mods on the pattern, that I'm a little daunted about taking on even more for the front shaping. Also, the edges are scalloped, but the fronts would hit crest-to-crest rather than interlocking nicely. Your thoughts? Cardigan? Pullover? Cardigan?