Spring Stitches started in February 2010 as an off-shoot from my main blog, 40 Shades of Life. It just made sense to separate my knitting/sewing/crafty posts from the everyday living in Ireland ones to make it easier for crafty folks to find what they’re looking for. It also encouraged me to start posting more, which meant creating more!
In the past year, this blog has grown from a little side place to post about my fibre adventures to a full-fledged destination. Twitter is my main way to promote posts as well as to include the link with related creations in my Flickr photos and Ravelry projects (I’m FreckledPast, in case you’re curious). To gain visitors, I’ve never taken any ads or garnered media exposure, though I did write a few posts for the Pink Auction blog. I’ve just cultivated thoughtful posts with detail, love, and nice photos then let the readers find me if they so desire. This is what happened…
In February 2010, this blog had 137 views.
In March 2010, this blog had 394 views.
In April 2010, this blog had 266 views.
In May 2010, this blog had 433 views (May 12th alone had 102 views).
In June 2010, this blog had 242 views.
In July 2010, this blog had 309 views.
In August 2010, this blog had 357 views.
In September 2010, this blog had 282 views.
In October 2010, this blog had 456 views.
In November 2010, this blog had 417 views.
In December 2010, this blog had 554 views.
During 2010, this blog received an average of 12 visitors per day (over an 11-month period) for a total of 3,847 views from February through December.
In January 2011, this blog had 1,078 views, averaging 35 views per day. That’s more than one-third of the total 2010 visitors in 31 days. Which just proves that readership is growing.
), we knew it was time for me to make the leap to grown-up desk. 
