My Knitpicks Options needles arrived (yay!!)along with the wool for Elanor's Feb Lady Sweater. I chose Knitpicks Swish worsted (photo stolen from their web site. I cannot get the color to come out on my camera) and El chose the color. It's called Deep Ocean. It's soft. It feels nice to knit with and it's superwash. That was very important in a sweater for Elanor. She is a lovely young woman but handwashing is asking a bit much. She is not a knitter/spinner/crocheter or any other kind of fiber artist. She is a beader and has made me some lovely beaded stitch markers. I was surprised you can't connect the cables of the Options to one another like you can with the Denise needles. Pk is now urging me to buy the cables that don't come with the set. I don't really need them right now but eventually I'll buy one of the longer ones.

I am knitting away on the yoke of the sweater. I love it. I did the kfb increases and I like the way they look in the garter stitch. El wanted to know why I bought so much yarn. I've used up an entire skein and haven't done but 3 inches of knitting. She was amazed. I was trying to explain how garter stitch eats up the yarn and she wanted to know why it's called "garter stitch". I can't find any reason. Does anyone know?

I have ambitious plans for tomorrow but if they don't happen, I'm ok with that too. I'd like to wash some curtains and windows and give the house a good cleaning as the weather is supposed to be cooler (ok, a little cooler). Pk is going to a galoot fest in Maryland (It's a pot luck. How strange it seems that a group of men would have a pot luck. Is that a sexist thought? We made chicken/chorizo empanadas and had some for dinner. They are delicious and were easy) so the house will be empty except for me and El. I say 'plans' because it all depends on how I feel when I get up. I may just dust and vaccuum and then spin and/or knit all weekend. I'm having an incredibly terrible period this month. Most months it's not too bad (and I never miss one and I'm 51 years old). This month it seems like my body is making up for all of the light months. I'm tired and headachy and very crampy and slightly nauseaus. And the flow is very heavy. TMI? Sorry. I keep waiting for a month to come and go without a visit from 'my friend' but it doesn't happen. My gyn says that it's good and I should be glad. Hormones keep you young. (but hormones keep you having a period!)

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Tonight, I'm listening to Persuasion by Ms. Austen and enjoying it very much. I like being kept company by Anne Eliot. I hope you all are in as good company as well.