Tell Me It’s Still February

I, for one, shall be ignoring the date beneath my post title and I invite you to do the same.  I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that I couldn’t finish an extra-long hooded cardigan in 28 days, but as I was so close, it’s a bit disappointing to not have pulled it off.  Now it’s already time to pay rent and I feel so done with my February sweater that I have no interest in the simple act of knitting a buttonband and sewing on the buttons.

To be fair, it took a day longer to fully dry than I expected it to–huzzah for 80% winter humidity–and was only ready to work on late last night, when I was busy swatching for March’s sweater.  I went ahead and wore it around today without a closure and love love love it, but you’ll have to wait for the FO post to see the finished result with buttons and all.  But first, I have to decide what kind of buttonband to knit…I’m tossing around a vertical 1×1 rib ala Sarla’s Vivian, a picked up horizontal 2×2 rib similar to the ubiquitous Central Park Hoodie, or a simple seed stitch buttonband that would keep more with the design of the sweater, like Eunny’s stunning cabled hoodie.  Decisions, decisions!  Any thoughts?  Any new ideas?