That made for an excellent point of reference. I'll admit to being awful at placing folds and whatnot. I may have to start drawing things out beforehand. A bit of sketching may well be able to solve a handful of my problems.
Decided to keep the knit. Changed the way it worked a bit. It's starting to look more like imagined without being overly dither-y like it was before.
Only thing is...I'm having serious issues with highlight now. xP
And for those interested in seeing other variations of the design: