It's Decision Time . . .

I've got the steeks cut open now, and next up is attaching the sleeves to the body. I've trying to figure out how to accomplish this. The sleeve stitches are live on the needle, and I checked my reference books for inspiration. Finally, I hit on this solution - do a 3-stitch bindoff, where I pick up a stitch off a whole body stitch, every two stitches, and bind off the previous stitch with the picked up stitch.

What do you think of the ridge? Does it stand out too much? Or just right? The yarn is on the dense side, so I'm thinking it's not going to matter much. If you click on the larger image, you'll see that the neck decrease stitches also stand out a bit. I've also asked folks in the Ravelry Zimmermaniacs group for their opinions, as well as on my Flickr account. I'm going to let this mull for a couple days before deciding whether to continue or start over again. I'd love to get this pullover finished before the end of this month, so please weigh in!