I've been wanting to move my blog away from Blogspot for a while but could never be bothered to actually do it. This week was the tipping point though, and I've now fully migrated over to https://patsypoomakes.wordpress.com/ . The blogspot address will remain here but all new posts will only appear at https://patsypoomakes.wordpress.com/ . There are lots of reasons for the move but my biggest one is how hard Blogger has made it for people to subscribe to receive new posts via email. It's such a basic requirement but apparently, they think it's too much to offer. I'm basing this purely on how I myself prefer to consume this stuff. I can't be arsed with feed readers anymore and emails are easy and convenient. When I receive one, if I fancy reading it, I will click through to it and, if not, I'll just delete it. Another reason is the spat between Google (owners of Blogger) and Instagram/Facebook/Meta. I don't even know if this is still the case anymore ...
I decided to join a KAL. I've never done it before but an online friend suggested it and I though: Why not? (Thanks, Petra!) So the idea behind it is to pick a pattern that will challenge you in some way. I've done a lotta socks. Cuff-down, toe-up, two at a time, one at a time... The one thing I hadn't tried and have wanted to for a while is a colour work one. Decidi entrar numa KAL - knit along: Um grupo de tricoteiras escolhe um projeto pra todo mundo fazer junto. A idéia dessa kal é escolher uma meia com uma técnica nova, pra te desafiar. Uma amiga online sugeriu e eu aceitei. Como eu já fiz muitas meias, a única coisa que eu ainda não tinha tentado era mais de uma cor. Butterflies are Free So I chose the Butterflies are Free pattern. It's been in my ravelry queue for a long time. Now I finally bit the bullet and am going for it. The KAL started on Thursday, the 24th and I think I did pretty well. I didn't have time to work on it yesterday because we wen...