Srsly?

It's not that big of a deal but I thought I was on a roll. Since I made my last knitting post, January has been full of knitting fail. Take a look at this sweater that I've been working on since late November:

Well, it now looks like this:

I hope it will look like this when I'm done but I'm not sure if I'm feeling it as I was stumped by cables. Yes, I said it! Stumped by cables. I'm saying it again. I've also been working on the Lacy Yoga Mat Bag as a quick project to burn up some stash but I clearly can't read a pattern as I've already ripped and restarted 6 times. The reason? The pattern is not written to be knitted in the round like I assumed it would be.