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So long, Blogspot. Hello, Wordpress!

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

WIP: Next Step Sock KAL

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

FO: Brattleboro Hat

Since I first saw the Brattleboro Hat pattern, by Melissa LaBarre, in the Fall 2011 issue of Interweave Knits  I knew I wanted to make it. It's actually part of the book New England Knits  which I'm now asking myself why I've never got round to buying. Desde a primeira vez que eu vi fotos do  Brattleboro Hat , da Melissa LaBarre, no volume Fall 2011 da  Interweave Knits , eu sabia que ia acabar fazendo um pra mim. Ele é parte do livro  New England Knits  que agora estou tentando lembrar porque eu ainda não comprei.   Back to the hat, I'd seen on loads of project pages from other ravellers that it could be done with just half a skein of Malabrigo Merino Worsted. I had 54g left after knitting Nina a Koolhaas  so I though 'Why not?' De volta ao gorro, eu vi em várias páginas de projetos no ravelry que dava pra fazer um só com meio novelo de Malabrigo Merino Worsted. Eu tinha 54g sobrando do  Koolhaas  que eu fiz pra Nina e pensei 'Por que não?'

FO: Idlewood

Today I can show off my brand spanking new Idlewood . Hoje eu venho exibir meu novíssimo  Idlewood . Idlewood