Occupation for a very hot day

So hot, even first thing,  My left anle swells up in the daytime, so I try to keep it elevated.  This means looking for something useful to do in this position.  Normally when I do Russian joins of my scraps, I wind onto a crochet cotton centre, as it is such rigid cardboard it doesn't collapse like kitchen roll.  Please, no toilet rolls- ugh!.  Then I use the ball winder.  This time I have an empty cone, so am trying direct on that.  A standard length of scrap is 50 times round - obviously this will vary.

Later observations after three cones wound - try not to get a beehive shape.  Although it looks very pretty, it doesn't knit off easily at speed!