Six Years and Still Counting Stitches
Today is the sixth anniversary of the needle point and loss! Sometimes in the past I’ve been able to create themed messages for this year’s anniversary gift, but the iron (traditional) or candy (modern) gift on the sixth anniversary inspires me. I think I could write a post about using a steam iron to stop steam, but ... hey. So in conclusion, we can't wait for this year's photo meme to arrive, which is probably not as fun as before.
As for external indicators, this blog works as usual this year and I published it as many times as my chronic fatigue issues allowed. When I write regularly, the blog gets 1,000 page views per day and the total page views from the beginning is around 2 million. The Knitting Needle and Damaged Facebook page is doing very well, surpassing 15,000 likes per month, and this is what I've been waiting for for a long time: a fun place to have and enjoy point-to-point chat. Interesting points and fun points. The site's engagement rate is almost the same as the Facebook pages of the most popular top magazines, although it has more followers than my website:
The KNDD group I founded in Ravelry two years ago has over 330 members. I'm also on Pinterest and Twitter , although I use both of these accounts for personal purposes and to promote this blog.
When I think about it for the last six years, the most significant result of my blog effort seems to be that this blog has influenced me . At first, I wonder if he still does it and I still have a lot of fun working on it. Learning, evaluating and documenting my thoughts on the latest patterns and concepts in the world of punctuation is never out of the way. Second, I have learned a lot through my efforts. Point skills have improved a lot - my rule is to try to learn something new from each project - and I'm happy with the articles I do, because I've generally defined my tastes better and learned a lot about them. I like it and I like it. I don’t like what suits me and what doesn’t, and how to create an overall, versatile and complete outfit. I no longer shop on persuasion, but carefully plan, do exactly what is needed or wanted and then do or buy the right thing. And surprisingly, considering how much less I spend on clothes these days, my clothes are in much better condition than they were in 2012. (Except for the shoes, I sigh. I'm well-matched with the clothes.) As well as entertaining my readers, some of them have helped me learn to be more critical and strategic about my own designed knitting and clothing planning projects. Save money, be happy with my designs and purchases, help me get dressed and look my best and help reduce my environmental footprint, so I've got something I'm proud of.
So this site is invaluable to me and fortunately for its impact on others. But I don't know how long I will be on the blog. Economically, the site was not successful. It makes hundreds of dollars a year, which is not a very good profit for the time I spend - like a dollar a hour, maybe less. When I have so little time in my day, when I have the strength to focus more than just making a living and being productive (and actually living on some of the money I borrow), I should probably invest. Time for something that pays well. I still don't think I'll stop making points, but all I can do is re-evaluate it next year.
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Finally, thanks for reading, subscribing and commenting. One of the rewards of your interest, comments and encouragement blog. That loss point is at least another year!
