The sweater is bottom up, and starts with just under an inch of ribbing. So I want it to look neat.
Here's what it is supposed to look like, finished:
Finally, I got them all on this morning at my Friday knitting group.
I'm not sure if it will take, I'm not the biggest fan of 1x1 ribbing. I might pull it all out and start again after a few rows in, and re-cast on using a tubular with waste yarn, and twisted rib instead of plain k1p1. But I am anxious to get going, so I do hope the first successful cast on is the last successful cast on ;)
378 stitches per row, on 47" circs.