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Knitting update - I took both. I knitted another rook and the queen and mostly-assembled both - the rook first, and I wound up undoing it, replacing the card, redoing it, then undoing it again to add another nut and redoing it again, and I ain't doing it again even though it's not entirely steady. The queen worked better because it tapers. I just need to glue stuff for both of them, as I didn't have glue, but I do now.

I also started the cardigan. First with seed-stitch border, forgetting the cables would be narrower, then with seed-stitch and increases which didn't quite work, then provisional cast-on which on reflection was too narrow, then I got it right. I hope. It's only got a few more inches to go and then I need to start thinking about shaping and things. Probably I'll go back to the chess set for a bit.

Today I went to IKEA and got two flat-pack shelves (Albert, if you care) and I just put one set together in about an hour and a half, and my arm hurts a bit (really I should have got out the electric screwdriver, shouldn't I?)

What else? I got a couple of good photos of my nephew, more by luck than judgement; I did more chores in my sister's house over five days than I do in mine over a fortnight; I got less sleep than usual and have spent a good chunk of the last two days catching up with it.

Oh, and I have been keeping a food diary to see if I can figure out what's messing with my guts, and it's pretty depressing reading, but I'm not going to stop eating junk, so I might as well keep track in case there is something specific to cut out.