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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 ...

{knitting} A wave of WIPs

Today I am going to shame myself into getting some stuff finished. I feel that if I post them here, I will feel the pressure to get them completed. Though I can confidently say that if shame worked for me I wouldn't own half of the yarn, nail polish, handbags, shoes and perfume that I own... Still, it doesn't hurt to try, right? I'm going to list these in order of oldest to newest cast on.
WIP #1 - The Percy Shawl

Cast on: April '11 *GASP*
Defence: Beautiful but very intricate lace pattern and not a purl-only wrong side. Plus, I cannot remember which row I've got to. I know, I know. I keep my row counts recorded in my phone. I've got 2 phones since I last worked on this... Let's leave it there.


Cast on: January '12
Defence: Slightly tricky to keep the stitch count with so many YOs and decreases next to each other. Besides, it probably will be fixed with blocking, but I think it looks terrible just off the needles.

Sad-looking abandoned socks
Cast on: July '13
Defence: This was always going to be a long-term project, to be taken away every time we went away so that I don't have to think about what knitting to take with me. Although, in my infinite wisdom, I decided to make these 2aat, from the same ball. Not good. It all gets twisted easily and it annoys me, which is a perfect excuse to work on something else instead.
Twisted, tangled, two at a time sock mess
WIP #4 - Bavarian Tulip mittens

Cast on: November '13
Defence: Can you spot it? Yeah, I made to left hands. Nope, they aren't patterned on both sides. No, I wasn't making two pairs. Yes, I will have to make to pairs now. This wound is still very raw so despite loving this pattern and having knitted it very quickly, I don't want to look at these again for a little while longer.


There we have it. But these aren't all the WIPs I have at the moment. You've probably noticed that Goodale isn't listed but since I am actively working on it I decided it doesn't count for shaming... 

How many WIPs do you allow yourself to have at any time?


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