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 ...
These trousers have been in the making for a very long time... I made my very first pair 4 years ago almost to the day. I believe they were my first pair of trousers as well - no, I didn't go back and read the post. I still have that pair and a linen pair I made shortly after. In fact, I wear them all the time and I was wearing my first one on Friday while I was making these. How very... wait for it... FITTING! Wahey! See what I did there? I've also been watching How I Met Your Mother a lot, can you tell? Usually, I don't blog about things I've made for the 4th time. However, having had such a big gap in between I decided it was worth it. I want to talk about things I did differently last week, having gained 4 years of experience in the time that has elapsed. The first issue I needed to address was how tight the calves were. I've made the exact same size as 4 years ago, which was a 10. The fit has always been great except around the calves. They are fine if I am st...