Its been a long while...I took a little trip down memory lane. I went to the Internet Archives and found a view of my old blog:
http://web.archive.org/web/20051231102443/http://mycrochetstuff.blogspot.com/
and here's a not so far away flashback:
http://web.archive.org/web/20080512203610/http://mycrochetstuff.blogspot.com/
Hmm...looks like not much has changed in appearance, since I started in 2005. But I did work on a lot of crochet stuff, when life didn't get in the way :p I have a lot more free patterns now, a lot more published patterns and more patterns for sale :)
Here are some statistics:
Blog followers: 304
Likes me on Facebook: 409
Ravelry Designs: 88
Ravelry Projects: 458
Free patterns: 34
Self-published patterns: 83
Printed patterns by Coats Manila Bay: 7
Published pattern in a magazine: 1
Published patterns in a book: 2
Published in Crochet Calendar: 5 yrs.
Total patterns sold on Ravelry since May 2008: xxx
Total patterns sold on Etsy since Nov 2007: xxx
Total blog visits since May 2005: 1,021,728
Total page views is 1,972,841
Blog advertising income received in 2011: $xxx.
Well, there's still a lot of room for improvement; I'm showing the numbers for comparison at the end of 2012. Hopefully I will get rich in 2012...haha!
As this year ends, I'm just thankful that I'm still doing what I love to do, and promise myself to devote more time to my designs and to teaching and sharing crochet whenever the opportunity comes.
Here's another look at my crochet designs and projects in 2011:
Striped Scarf with Knotted Fringe
Summer Shells Scarf
free pattern
Lacey Shrug project
Crochet-covered button
Summer Crochet Band - free pattern
Mini Booties Souvenir
Flower Accent - free pattern
free pattern
Dachshund Amigurumi
Puppy Cellphone Charm project
free pattern
I couldn't show here yet some designs I finished...hopefully those will be happily introduced in the coming months :)
Do you sell any of your patterns online? They are very creative. I sell some through Amazon Kindle and B&N Nook.
ReplyDeleteWow fantastic things. I hope you have a fantastic New Year!
ReplyDeleteHi Mimi,
ReplyDeletewhen will your lacey shrug project be available for purchase.
Happy New Year!
Cynthia
Happy New Year to you, too; Mimi! I hope 2012 will be another great year for you, in your crocheting; as in everything else. :)
ReplyDeleteyou are so creative.
ReplyDeleteyou do some really beautiful stuff.
I hope you'll have more published patterns by Coats and by international magazines , for this year 2012 :)
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