Progression

I'm really quite excited about this project. I've been wanting to learn to cable knit since I found a beautiful sweater pattern last winter, but I always thought it would be some incredibly difficult task, so I kept putting it off.
I finally bit the bullet a couple of weeks ago and read about it in my beginners knitting book I made my very first scarf out of. I should have guessed, if it's in the beginner's knitting booklet, it can't be that hard.
After reading about it, I found a simple pattern that I modified to work on just the cabling, to get used to the vernacular. It seemed easy, so I started my first project, a shoe rug. I figured if I messed up terribly, it's just going to be covered by nasty shoes.
So far, I've only made 2 noticeable mistakes (to me, anyway), and I think it looks quite nice. I had 2 skeins of the yarn and I can't get any more, so this is the perfect use for it. I'm 5/8 of the way done! I'm also learning moss stitch, which looks great over a plane. It's a nice change from stockinette.
My mother-in-law likes it so much, she has commissioned a project for a cable knit sweater for my father-in-law. That will be a stretch in the future, though, as it will be my first sweater and knitting takes me a bit longer. I'm excited though!
Here's my progress so far on the rug...