@Nightingalle oh dear oh dear, gauge is so important for sweaters! I mean, unless you're willing to take apart half a sweater if it's wrong... plain stockinette sweaters can be really nice! with some muticoloured yarn, imo stockinette is what looks best. do you want help deciding on a pattern? I have lots of opinions haha
most of the music I listen to has female singers and is sort of jazz-ish? right now I'm pretty into alice francis - here's a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDDV5s5BQg