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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
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{on the needles} WIP: Flanders Bay jumper

As I've mentioned before, I had the anchor band finished about 2 weeks ago. But when I tried it round my waist it was so stretched that it looked terrible. So I unpicked all 19 rows and re-knitted it on a bigger needle. Oh, the difference! Flanders Bay Jumper I am enjoying this a lot, despite having had to unpick it once already. It's the first time I've used this yarn - more about it on the FO post though. The fabric I'm getting is lush and there is a slight sheen to it, too. Flanders Bay Jumper The stitching will look a lot more even once I block it but I believe the three colours work extremely well together.
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{on the needles} What I learned from my owls

Firstly I'd like explain why I've disabled the comments on the blog. I don't like the unilateral nature of blog comments. You comment, you may even ask a question but then you have to go back to it if you want to see the follow up response. Let's be honest, it's a ball ache! So I took the decision to disable that feature. All my posts are flagged up on social media anyway, the buttons to find me are at the top right and I find that possibility of real interaction much more enjoyable. Right, onto the knitting. I still haven't finished my owls completely. I think I will rename it An Exercise in Procrastination. I haven't even got the buttons yet. I haven't enjoyed knitting this one as much as I should but I won't go into that until the FO post. However, I learned two new amazing techniques while working on this jumper. Well, technically I learned one. The other I learned while improving my crochet. Tip #1:  Russian Join : this is probably going to
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{knitting} On the blocking board: owls

This weekend I breathed a sigh of relief when I finally finished knitting my second  owls  jumper. owls blocking
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{knitting} Back to normality?

We're back from our - just about - 2 weeks away in the caravan, school is back on and normality may be reinstated soon. Earlier this week I realised I will not have enough wool to finish the owls jumper I'm working on (of which I don't have pictures, so apologies on that score!). I was not happy. I bought the wool around 18 months ago, while I still worked at baa ram ewe , and there is no way I'll be able to find the same dye lot. Moreover, I'm only about 2 inches off the cast off. Ugh! Knitting is a pain at times! I ordered another ball and I'm hoping for the best. In the meantime, I started something else: Something is cooking...
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