For whatever reason, I keep thinking of pirates whenever I think of the word scabbard. Apparently I'm not too far off, I just looked it up in the dictionary (ok, online dictionary) and it means sheath, like for a dagger or sword. So I guess my scabbard is a sheath for my body...





I added an inch to the raglans by knitting an extra repeat of the 8 raglan rounds. I think it fits much better with that (hopefully that will remain true when the sleeves are knit into place and not just on waste yarn). I've also finished the 15 rounds to join the horseshoe cables under the arm and another 7 rounds beyond that.





I'm happy with the modification to the neckline (not the mistake of twisting every 4 instead of 8 rounds; it was no mistake... it was a design element). I think it looks nice and makes my scabbard more unique.



I've been able to knit a lot today while finally catching up on the last season of Sex in the City and watching the movie. It's about time, huh? Columbus day gave me a nice reprieve from teaching because while today is Tuesday, at school it is Monday, so no class for me. And yes, I ought to be getting ahead on things, but I've got my lectures ready to go for this week and I have to be at my office all day tomorrow (also without teaching), so I needed to leave myself work to do for tomorrow. (Ha! There's never NO work!).


So, Rhinebeck is Sunday. Do you think (if I go with the short sleeve version) I'll be wearing a new sweater there?