you lose some - we spent the evening at my parent's house, beautiful lamb shanks for dinner, and good company as always, Flash wanted to watch the rugby, so I knitted during it's monotony, glad to be getting somewhere on this sweater I have been planning for ages, and I was so happy, I knitted the whole sleeve, then started my calculations for how many stitches to cast on for the front and back (it is knitted sideways) - problem...I did not increase enough while knitting the sleeve - I did not read my own diagram carefully enough, just bowled in and thought I was clever - pride comes before a fall - NZ lost the rugby too...and the 5th race in the America's cup - it's raining today, it should be.