Good morning all :)

We seem to have finally arrived at winter, where much of the rest of the country has been for a while now.  Not that we’ve arrived in a big way…

I do realize that many of you have (and have already had) a lot more snow than this - but it’s the first in this area and so is special to me :)

The Autumn Seeds sweater is now waist length and I’m trying to decide how to terminate the body.  Forgive the silly pose; I was just trying to hold my arms up so you could see the armscyes :)  This is not intended to convey any kind of attitude what-so-ever except that it’s early and I haven’t had my coffee yet!

These are the things I’m considering:

1.  Tunic sort of style.  I’d work the sweater down another 4 or 5 inches and then split the front and back to create side vents.  The borders of the front and back flaps would be done in seed stitch and would probably be worked down another 4 inches or so..

2.  Start the flaps (vents) now, just below the waist and work them in seed stitch for around 8 inches.

3.  Knit the whole base of the sweater in seed stitch without splitting the sides - though I’m pretty much convinced that would make me look like I was standing in a barrel :)

4.  Increase stitches and do ribbing such that there are enough stitches for the ribbing to hang straight down from the body without cinching in at all.  Larger needles might help here too but I would prefer to do this by increasing stitch numbers than by increasing needle size.

5.  Incorporate a series of knitted in gores, varying symmetrically in length and probably also knit in seed stitch with the increases done in the center rather than on the edges.

Hopefully I’ll be able to come to some kind of decision over the weekend and start to proceed accordingly.  But if anyone else has any bright ideas, I’d love to hear them :)

Have a great weekend! 

Note:  Maureen - after you left last night, Nat remembered curly-Q thingies (technical term!) in the IK Holiday Gifts and I told her I’d pass the information along - If this works out for you, Nat totally gets the credit :)