My first cable project and all went well! Cables: not as intimidating as I thought. They just require a lot more attention than stockinette or garter stitch...
I liked this pattern, Declan's Hat. My complaints are twofold, though: first, there are some mistakes in the PDF pattern that are sorta mentioned on the Ravelry page, but only sorta. Round 9 should read, I think, "k2, p3, 2/1 LPC, p3, 2/1 RPC, p3." I definitely had to frog a half made hat when I realized that line had not 1, but 3 mistakes. Secondly, I had some trouble with the instructions "cddp" at the top of each cable. I tried looking up the term on the internet, but I'm still not sure I did it right. In the end, everything looked pretty good, though! I added a pom-pom to cover up some of the messiness at the top of the hat.
Hat is made in Berroco Comfort yarn.
