I have found out over the various years of knitting that it is very simple to get neat ribbed bands in contrast colors. The trick is to always knit the first row(or picked up row) on the public side of your knitting fabric.
BTW, the above sweater is the child version of my latest design that is currently in testing on ravelry. You can sign up to test for
Test is open till Nov 30th, 2012, after which the pattern will be available in the above versions, covering sizes 3mths to 16T.
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