Among the things on today's list: Spinning. Which is what I shall do now, amused by some nice audiobook (The Princess Bride, just in case you're curious. As opposed to my usual rule of consuming English fiction in English, it is the German translation - but the reading is very, very entertaining).
Meanwhile, here's a link for you about how knitting needle material may affect your gauge.
While we're at that topic, here's the Knitting Reference Library from archive.org... which shows, nicely, that tastes in shapes have changed quite a bit over time!