Cable able

Hah! I did it...I cabled. With a cable needle (actually a dpn), not without...who was I kidding? Maybe cabling without a needle will come later, maybe not. Either way, I'm loving cables! Who knew they weren't as hard as they looked?...well, okay, probably lots of folks. But I didn't know. Of course, there's lots I don't know. Like which way do you pick up the stitches when you have to rip back because you've purled two stitches you should have knitted? I sure didn't know the answer to that one. Technically, I didn't even know how to rip back. I'd never seen it done. But did that stop me..nooooo. And guess what, it turned out okay! I bet you can't even tell where the mistake was. (well, okay, probably you knitterly-expert types can tell, but you know...lie to me, tell me it looks great!)

So the list of knitty things I've learned continues to grow:
cast on...check
knit...check
purl...check
cast off...check
seaming...check
ribbing...check
stockinette...check
work in the round...check
work in the round on two circulars...check
cable...check
ripping back...check (I feel very officially a knitter with this one!)
follow a pattern...check

So my fourth "official project" is humming along, and I'm looking forward to my "fifth official project." A sock. Actually, uh, two socks. Yes, two socks would be better. My sweet husband got me some sock yarn for Christmas. I actually gave casting on a try with some mercerized cotton...can you say 'slick?' Yowser, my needles were slipping and sliding every which a-way! So, maybe I'll try again with a stickier yarn.

Maybe I should try a Christmas stocking first...there's a thought. Bigger needles, plumper yarn, you only need one...hmm. Must ponder that.