The pattern calls for 5 skeins of Barisienne for 6 months - I only used 4 skeins.

I did not do the increases called for on the first row of each piece (I cast on the total number after increases should have been made).

Modification on back: alternate three purl stitches and three pattern stitches before/after cables rather than just pattern stitches before/after cables. This created a slightly different, yet coordinating, pattern on the back piece.