I've never seen side vents that wide. I would just cast on a front and a back separately, like you would for any sweater, and just not seam all the way to the bottom to leave a vent.
I thought about that, but I want them (the ribbed vents) to be a prominent design feature. I'm not a fan of how the straight stockinette with no ribbing would look.
I would approach the top part of the vent just like you would a knitted on border in a shawl. Basically, every time you get to the top edge, pick up a stitch in the cast on edge and knit it together with the final stitch of your vent. Your k2tog would be composed of one picked up stitch and one vent stitch.
If the circumference of the sweater at your hips is smaller than your hips, it will cling. Adding vents gives the sweater space to spread, so even tho the amount of *knitting* is smaller, there's still room for your hips. So, casting on fewer stitches for the vented area is likely to look odd, even after finishing with ribbing. I'd knit a test swatch, because this has lots of potential for weird
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What if it's got an inch or two of ease at the hips? My waist is 44" and my hips are 57". I want it to be a casual thing, mostly to keep me warm because I am FREEZING. Being plus sized, I usually wouldn't knit a bulky sweater for myself but I am so, so cold. I want it to be comfortable more than anything. I like the idea of a hemmed edge... but def. not garter.
What I'd do is get some help. Get a hip measurement while you're dressed in some of your favorite bottoms. That will give you an idea of how much ease you need to avoid cling. You can use that information to make the bottom edge full *enough* or to add vents that will give the look you want. Or both.
A hem should be pretty doable, vented or no. If it's done in a lighter weight yarn on the inside, it'll add less bulk. It sounds like less bulk is what you want so...
It sounds like you (like me) need waist shaping. Even nipping the waist in just a couple inches will give the sweater more shape and cuts down on the bulk added by bulky yarn. We've got curves, might as well show 'em off :). Usually, I've seen this done by setting up 4 decrease points, 2 in front, 2 in back. Then do a decrease at each decrease point, every 4-6 rows.
(of course the cheaty way to do all this is knit a plain top down sweater, and try on for shaping and ease as you go. I'm doing that for my partner right now.)
Do you have a sweater that looks like you picture your sweater looking? Or can you find a pic available on-line? If you post a pic, we might have more ideas, though some of the ideas here already look pretty good.
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Unless you're ribbing the sides of each vent perpendicular to the vent?
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A hem should be pretty doable, vented or no. If it's done in a lighter weight yarn on the inside, it'll add less bulk. It sounds like less bulk is what you want so...
It sounds like you (like me) need waist shaping. Even nipping the waist in just a couple inches will give the sweater more shape and cuts down on the bulk added by bulky yarn. We've got curves, might as well show 'em off :). Usually, I've seen this done by setting up 4 decrease points, 2 in front, 2 in back. Then do a decrease at each decrease point, every 4-6 rows.
(of course the cheaty way to do all this is knit a plain top down sweater, and try on for shaping and ease as you go. I'm doing that for my partner right now.)
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