Able 2 Cable

That's right - today I taught myself how to cable! YAY! Below is a picture of a small swatch I made to practice.












What do you guys think? Not bad for a first-time cabler. Cabling was one of the things that was intimidating to me when I first learned to knit. A few weeks ago, I was watching an episode of Knitty Gritty, and a woman was cabling without a cable needle. It looked easy, so I decided to try it. It was a disaster, to say the least! One of my knitting mentors told me that cabling with a cable needle would be easier than what I had attempted. But I still managed to grasp the concept of how it is done. I went and purchased a cable needle, pulled out one of my knitting books, and the rest was cable history. I can't wait to try this new technique on a project!

Before my cable epiphany, my project of choice was hat and scarf sets, because I also recently taught myself how to crochet in the round. Here are a couple of my first projects:
















I even made the little flower on the hat! I am getting better and reading and comprehending patterns, which is how I was able to create the hat and the flower. Of course, the scarves are just basic garter stitch, and on the orange scarcf I played with different yarns and textures - I used a little fun fur with the burnt orange.

Current project in needles: a double textured scarf and a poncho.