I wanted to have a go at cabling, so I thought this would be a good practice piece. Not too big, easy to frog if it went tits up, and just cheap leftover acrylic yarn that I didn't care about. But I like the way it turned out! The pattern is a very loosely translated (yay Google!) version of a french pattern I found on Ravelry, but I made it wider and lengthened the distance between the cables, so it's kind of my own now.
Okay, so not brand new, but one of my more recent pieces. I really like the way it turned out, and I use it all the time. Which is the real test of a mug. If it doesn't get used, it's worthless.