The sweater that doesn't want to be knit

I brought all my needles, yarn, stitch markers and a pattern book to whistler to start the fronts, circled all of the numbers for the medium, and then apparently cast on for the extra small. It wasn't until I attempted to divide for the pockets that I realized that I was off by a rib (5 stitches) on both sides...



So, a-ripping I went, yet again. I don't know if i'm just getting lulled into stupidity by the ribbing, but this has been the demon sweater for getting the instructions right on the first go. Usually I work along through patterns without too many problems, but I haven't knit a single part of this right the first time. The only bright spot is that the yarn is holding up great. Yet another gold star for Cascade.