Button time.  

I can't go any further until my mind is made up on the buttons.  This little pewter one is the winner of the moment. 

There have been several contenders.  This one happens to be the smallest of the buttons and also the brightest.  Both of those features were its pros and its cons.  The larger button shouted the loudest.  That was a con. 

I liked the "modernness" of this with the contrasting edge work.  It would require a 3 stitch button hole.  If I changed my mind later, I could always use a smaller button and catch a stitch to lessen the size of the button hole.  Much harder to go the other direction, hmmm….

Don't you think this one picks up the little squares of the stitch pattern? 

The bottom band turned out not to be a problem.  It fits just fine.  The button band and the cuffs are getting knitted on needles 3 sizes smaller than the body.  I like a firm button band.  Less flopping.

Thanksgiving day we were on the road.  Today, I cook the turkey.  No knitting will be done this afternoon.  But this evening, when I sit down to relax, I have to make up my mind on the choice of button or put the sweater aside.   That would mean another project.