Conquering Cables

I joined a knit-along for cables (you can find the link on my sidebar). Please excuse the cross-post... LOL

This is as far as I've gotten on my Irish Hiking Scarf so far. I'm really diggin this project. The cables are straight-forward and the pattern repeat is so simple that I've already memorized it to the point that I can work it without looking at the pattern each time I pick it up again. I chose to work it in Caron Simply Soft's Autumn Red. I had two skeins in my stash as loved the color, so I thought why not? I love the softness and shimmer combined with the washing ease since this'll be an outerware piece that'll get heavy use during our muddy Louisiana winters (yes, we have all four seasons: boiling mud, frozen mud, hurricane: a.k.a. "flying mud", and Mardi Gras).

I thought I'd include a little detail pic of the cables themselves. I've changed my center cable to twist the other way (me and my "artiste" flavors). Don't ask me why I've done a detail shot, because even I don't know. I think I may be hoping that if I've done something wrong, someone can see it and point it out to me now before I'm five feet into the knitting =P