A New Skill

I've been wanting to learn how to cable knit for over a year now, and with no immediate needs for other projects to be completed, I decided to give it a try today.

Surprisingly, it is much simpler than it looks! I was excited to learn that it's really comprised of a very simple twist of a few stitches, and gives satisfyingly beautiful detail to otherwise monotonous knitting. I'm enthused to start putting my new skill into practice, knitting hats, scarves, arm warmers, an afghan, and perhaps even a sweater with cable details!

Here is my practice swatch from today. It brings to my attention another skill I need to master in order to be successful at this: blocking.