Great pattern to test knit. Really enjoy the slipped stitches but if you are a tight knitter beware, it will NOT be easy to dothe increases. I suggest loosening up those stitches along the spine. I did not make any changes to the actual pattern itself, except for the lace section. I used my color B for the first lace section and then color c for the second until I ran out of that yarn, I only had a little but I wanted to use it since it was in my stash. I wet blocked but not aggressively.