Shorts (163/365)

[white_hart]

I was going to make a start on a new shirt today, but the weather is forecast to be in the high twenties for the next few days and I decided that what I really needed was more shorts, so I spent the day squeezing a pair out of what I was pleased to discover was just enough leftover dark teal cotton twill. (And when I say "just enough", I mean that the first fold of one of the hems is a bit wobbly because there wasn't quite enough fabric, and I had to sew up a cut into the edge of one of the pieces, fortunately mostly in the seam allowance, because there was no flexibility at all.)



I never used to wear shorts, except maybe for exercise (though I've got more wary of walking in shorts as I worry about ticks), but, having stopped wearing skirts, I found that there was a vacancy for something to wear when it was so hot having my legs covered with trousers is uncomfortable. I suppose I could have gone for cropped trousers instead, but shorts take less fabric and I do often find that I can squeeze them out of leftovers. And actually, I find I rather like them. They are cool and comfortable, and if anyone has a problem with a slightly fat middle-aged woman wearing just over the knee shorts, well, that's on them, not me.

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[alithea]

I actually find cropped or full length light linen trousers more comfortable than bare legs when it's really hot, but that's because the inside of my knees break out in eczema if I sit with sweaty skin against sweaty skin for long.

I think I've worn a skirt about twice since we got Wilbur. I got rid of a bunch to charity and have only kept four, two of which are autumn/winter skirts that I always wear with tights. My summer skirts may well go to charity next year if I go the whole of this summer without wearing them yet again.