Don't you just hate mistakes! It is one thing when you make the mistake yourself and quite another when someone else makes it. The pattern fails to tell you to do 4 rows of garter at the very beginning. Yeah, I know, I could have picked up and knit the four rows after, but I did not want the seam. So, out it came. And to tell you the truth, I think I am happy the mistake was made. After thinking about it, I decided to do it in the round so that I wouldn't have the seem up the side. So now I am just knitting, mindless, mindless knitting. I guess I will forgive the mistake.........hey, I might even thank her.