I’ve finished a ball of yarn! I pressed on hard today, feeling that that was an achievement I could achieve, whereas knitting round and round in brioche rib never seems to get me anywhere.

The last time I finished a ball, I sent my carer into the stash cupboard in search of the next one. When she succeeded, I asked her to leave the bag out to simplify further searches, but she refused, saying that she would know which one it was next time.

I was taken aback to discover  today  that that was a different carer — so the yarn I have just finished took more than a fortnight. I must speed things up.

The search was again difficult — oh! if I could walk across the room and look for myself! But we succeeded, after an interesting survey of my stash, and this time we did leave the bag out. The other carer will be coming back tomorrow. I have wound the new ball but not yet attached it.

Still cold. C. came to see me. All well in Cairo.

Wordle: Rachel and I scored three today (WordleBot was dismissive of my score — I was lucky, it said), Four for Ketki, Thomas and Mark; five for Alexander. They found it easier in DC — three for Roger, a brilliant two for Theo.