As it turned out I made quite a few changes from the pattern, the most obvious of which I suppose is that I ran the pattern up the front next to the button band, not in a straight line. I also changed the pattern. The smocking part is the same, but I changed the eyelet columns to be stocking stitch, not reverse stocking stitch. Actually, I did that for the whole cardigan - the pattern as written has reverse stocking stitch for the right side and I prefer that to be the wrong side. I also didn't do any patterning on the back or the sleeves, they're just plain stocking stitch.
In terms of construction, I knitted the body in one piece up to the armholes, then did fake side seams and split for the fronts and back. The shoulders are done with short rows and seamed, and the button band was picked up and knitted on. I don't know why I did it in 1 x 1 rib when the waist and cuffs are 2 x 2, suffice to say that I didn't notice until I was half way down the first sleeve and had already made the buttonholes (one-row 2-stitch) and sewn the buttons on. I wasn't going to undo all that. The sleeves are picked up round the armholes and shaped with short rows and knitted top down.
I used Malabrigo sock yarn in the Water Green colourway to knit this, and I have no idea where the buttons came from (they were in my stash but I can't remember where I bought them). I'm really pleased with it, even though it doesn't really look much like the pattern photo!
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