yarn along: october 2021, monoplexy

With all due credit to my linguist husband, whose expertise helped me figure out the proper English derivation of the Greek, I've unvented a new word.  I'm certain it'll never gain traction; I've eschewed all social media; I'm no influencer.  But! if this word ever does enter mainstream knitting jargon, you and I will know where it originated.  I dislike the current use of the word "monogamy" as synonymous with "faithful."  Monogamy's a very specific word, describing a specific kind of faithfulness.  So to say "I've been knitting monogamously on x project" is, in my humble opinion, an error.  Let's instead say, "I've been monoplectic this month with my x project."  So much more exact!  

Indeed, that's my current knitting state: monoplectic.  I started my Evol sweater at the end of September, and have been astonished how quickly monoplexy has made for progress.  I've got several more inches of the body, but I busted out the neckline and raglan sleeve and yoke shaping in less than a week.  Our calendar has been chockablock since then, leaving little time for knitting.  Still, a stitch here, a stitch there means slow growth.  The yarn, Peace Fleece DK in Sheplova Mushroom, is my kind of red.  It's a tweedy, heathered red, made of dark brown-gray, bright red, and dreamsicle orange fleece blended together.  I have another two(!) sweater ideas brewing in my head, and will only order the yarn when I finish this one.

I've also been chipping away at one book during my morning reading time: The Divine Comedy.  I wish I had been able to take a Dante class at some point in my academic career.  For now the free Hillsdale lectures are sufficient.  I read the notes for each canto before reading the actual canto so that I have some context for the day's reading.  I've almost finished The Inferno.

What are you knitting? Reading?  Do share!