Needleworkers of Steemit! Do you have any advice?

My mending and alterations pile work continues, and tonight I took in a favorite sweater, that I have loved since I bought it but haven't worn in years because it was roomy then, and then I dropped six sizes, and I was swimming in it. It went into the alterations/mending pile because I wanted to take it in and keep it, but you know how procrastinating on that alterations and mending pile can be, sooooooo...

Yeah, I just got it done! And I'm excited because I get to wear it again! New old clothes! LOL

But here's my question: if this was a dress shirt or a t-shirt or something of a solid weave, I might trim off where I took in, but this is a knit sweater. So I'm leaving it, because I don't want it to start unraveling. I don't have a serger, so I did the stitching by hand. But the seam now is really big - how big?

That's how much I took it in on both sides. In the next photo, I folded where the new seam is:

That's a lotta fabric to leave in there.

I just tried it on and it doesn't look weirdly bulging or anything, so I think I'm okay just leaving it there. It folds flat along my sides and isn't all bunched up. I didn't stitch very high into the armpit area because I learned the hard way once or twice, that I lost fat but gained muscle and if I took in the top chest area of a shirt, I ended up ripping it with arm movement later. Mah boobies are two cups smaller so I didn't think that would be a thing, but I got wider in the shoulders because muscle, so now I just leave it, lol. I'd tag that #transproblems, but I'm not even on T at this point. XD

ANYWAY, the question is: am I being overcautious about that excess material? Or am I right to leave it in place? Where are my alterers of knit fabrics at?

Thanks for any advice! <3

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