Hi everyone, I'm new to the Runway Knits KAL. Name is Cindy. I'm casting on today for the leaf-panel sweater. I have two issues to figure out first. One is my guage with my substitute yarn isn't quite coming out as planned, I'm getting 19 st and 28 rows to the 4". I'm not too worried about the row count as I can adapt that by knitting more rows, but I think I will do one size smaller than I want it to come out to get the right finished size. The second issue is that I can't tell from the photos, and it's not mentioned in the book, if this project should be done with negative ease, no ease, or positive ease. I'm leaning towards zero to negative ease, but the not knowing what will look and fit best is cause for concern to me. Even on Ravelry, not one person who has done the project has mentioned if the size chosen was negative ease or not, plus I don't know if my yarn will stretch out with wearing being a cotton/acrylic blend. Oh well, here we go. I don't expect that this will be a quick knit for me, as I'm also working on another sweater already.