Cabled Obsessions....

I have started a new project. I cast it on the night before last having gone through my meager stash, scouring the internet for the perfect pattern once I decided what yarn to work with. Of course this pattern had to be easy enough for me to understand on my own, had to be close to the right kind of yarn I wanted to work with and of course the materials required had to be in my notions. Thankfully after hours of searching I found the perfect pattern. An inspiring set of stitches, not to complicated that I would want to run screaming into the night and I found that even when I hit a snag in the wording of the instructions I only had to reread it 15 times before it finally clicked. Good thing I had decided to read ahead before I got to this spot or I might have been brought to tears. (Note to self, knitting late at night brings it's own challenges not the least of which is decreases in cognitive abilities!)

So after casting on, knitting for two hours late at night and one full day of knitting ( not that I was actullay able to knit more then maybe an hour or three the whole day!) this is what I have so far...

See the cables! I love cables!! This is my first time ever knitting them, using a cable needle and everything! And love it!! I have been dying to try cableing forever now and when I saw the pattern called for them I just flipped. I even showed my DH the first cabled twist where dutifully said 'That's interesting,' then last night I ran into the kitchen while he was fixing dinner (that's right, he cooks occasionally and is very very good at it ;) ) and showed him how they looked as they twisted up the worked piece. This time I got a rather enthusiastic 'That's really cool looking!' He is so good. Ha!
I LOVE CABLES!