Work Log

I have lots of crochet projects that I want to do for 2013 so I developed a Work Log Calendar that would help me in recording the number of hours each day and month that I spend on any project.  The sample Work Log Calendar is shown below: 

Diagonal Box Stitch In Color

WIP--Making the Diagonal Box Stitch in Color.  In this project I'm using Lion Brand Vanna's glamour which is a fine yarn category (2).  The crochet hook I'm using is 3.75 mm Boye aluminum hook. I change the color of yarn in each row, alternating the two colors.  I do not break the yarn to start the new color.  I simply leave one yarn at one end while I work on the other color at the opposite side.

Walking Down Memory Lane

Every now and then I glimpse into my past to see what I have accomplished.  It is not a bad thing to do this, as long as the act itself encourages me to move forward and accomplish other new things.  I was glad and happy when I made the pattern from scratch and sewed every single wedding gown and bride's maid dress at that point in time.  One of my favorite among these is shown above and below:

If someone asks me today, would I  make a wedding gown again?  The answer would be,  no.  Simply because I no longer have the desire to do so.  I have to put my heart in everything that I do and if my heart is not in something I'm doing, then there is no creativity or energy to do so.

Now, I'm more interested in yarn and fibers, so let me see if I can revive that creative energy that enables one to create something beautiful despite all kinds of hindrances and limitations.

Back to the original thought that lead me to write this post-- I was searching for a dressmaker's form to help me in designing crocheted garments, when I saw this blog.  I thought, it is very interesting.  I actually cloned myself back in my dressmaking days, but I constructed the clone from flat pattern of my body measurements and I stuffed it with fabric remnants and pillow stuffings.

Increased Pageviews!!!

Wow!!! 276 pageviews by 4:08pm today is the highest that this blog recieved since it was started.  It coincides with my effort in learning how to increase traffic on this blog.  Thanks to google analytics, it is possible for me to know which topic attracts the most views and other interesting info. such as the traffic source.  If you are interested in doing the same, try this  link

Now I need to learn how to attract followers and keep them interested in my blog so that they would come back often.  I have to think about what they need and want.  What do crocheting women like myself look for in a blog?  Good helpful information related to their interests? Yes.  Entertaining?  Yes.  Interesting?  Yes.
Beauty? Yes.  I feel, that I failed on most of these most of the times.

I want to be a serious blogger that consistently meet the above criteria of meeting the needs of viewers and this is the hard part because it would take time and dedication.  For my blog to be interesting,  I have to become an interesting person myself.

How can I become that person?  I need to have a positive outlook, be interested in learning new and different things, especially things related to my interests. I have to learn and master the communication tools that is available in this high-tech world.