I had trouble with ribbing, so I did plain K2 P2 ribbing. I used a size 5 needle for the 80 sts of ribbing. Then size 7. Following pattern for child/small adult size, 7 inches of length before decreases turned out much too short. The decreases were faster than I usually do. I like the pattern, and I will make it again, trying for the k1tbl, purl one ribbing.