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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 ...

New Year, Same Me! Sewing plans and another Simplicity 8092.

I'm 2 weeks late but better late than never, I guess, so Happy New Year! I am not one for lots of resolutions and plans. I believe that if you want to change something or start doing something, just do it. You don't need the arbitrariness of January 1st to get it started.
Having said that, I do like the clean slate that the start of a new year affords. So I am going to try to keep better track of my projects by starting a sewing journal, be them sewing or knitting, which I want to do more of this year. I've only managed 2 projects so far, one of which was socks that I started for Ginner 5 and a half years ago. They don't really count, I know, but they're there and it makes me feel good.
This year I also wanted to plan out a few projects in advance so that I can tick them off as the year goes on. Just before I settled on my ##makenine2019 picks, @sewistella started her #sewsix tag and I really liked the idea of adding fabrics to the list. So I went with a mix of the 2, with 9 picks: 2 of which are fabric and 2 of which are knitting. I outlined all of the patterns on Instagram already so I won't do it again here. But you can see that post if follow this link.
Among other things, in December I made my third version of Simplicity 8092. I love this pattern so much. You can read my original post about it here. This time I went with a heavier weight twill fabric that still has good movement. It was sold as wool, but I'm not sure about that. There might be wool in there, but there's definitely a lot of polyester. It mostly melted when I did a flame test and it doesn't crease very much, which is another tell-tale sign.
Still, I love it. It's very comfortable and I can dress it up or down. Paired here with my favourite of 3 Freyas that I made recently. 
Now that the end of year madness is gone, the children have been back at school for a week and my routine is getting back to normal, I hope to be back soon to show off the jeans I made this past weekend. Spoiler alert: they're amazing and I can't believe I made them! 😄
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