Pussy Cat Stretch Jeans - Blast Wash

I have purchased a few pairs of custom jeans, both in denim and chino fabric, experimenting with the measurements. Most of them are straightforward, leaving you with decisions about how tight or loose you want the knees/thighs/waist to fit. Calculating the rise is most difficult for me. I was initially trying to get the pants to fit my shape more closely as the crotch of most mass-produced pants was somewhere near my knees. I eventually found a measure that suited me. The only difficulty remaining is varying fabrics' impact on fit. I had a pair of Astro Blue jeans, blast washed with 2% stretch and I liked the fit. When it was time to replace them, however, they were sold out. The nearest version I could find was the Pussy Cat jeans, blast wash with 3% strectch. I used the same size profile, but I notice the new jeans were much snugger than the old ones. Still fit OK, but the unpredictability was disconcerting.