I’ve been meaning to thank everyone for their recent comments and e-mails!  I appreciate my readers, and that you take the time to comment.

Shelagh (that’s my mum!) commented that I get a lot of visitors to my blog, and asked me if I know everyone who comments.  She also said that she has followed links, and visited other blogs, and has wanted to comment on other blogs, but didn’t know if that was allowed.

I know that I don’t get as many visitors to my blogs as others in stitching blog land, but I’m thrilled with the visits that I do get!  My monthly visits in the past 12 months (I moved my blog from blogger to WordPress in November ‘06) has ranged from a low of 1,452 visits in May ‘07, to a high of 3,562 in July.   Since July, I’ve always had more than 2,500 visits a month, and since I don’t blog every day, I typically get 140 visits on a day when I do blog.  My highest number of visitors in one day was 331  visits on November 13.

As to whether I “know” all the people who comment on my blog?  No, I don’t.  I have met less than a dozen of the the women who visit my blog on a regular basis, but I feel like I “know” most of you, either through your own blogs, or through e-mail.  I count a number of you as “friends”, even though I’ve never had the pleasure to meet IRL (“in real life”). I hope that one day, I’ll be able to remedy that.

What’s the etiquette on commenting on blogs?  I told mum that if you can read someone’s blog by visiting a link in my posts, or on my blog roll, then the blog is public, and you are welcome to read, and encouraged to comment (if they have comments enabled).  I explained that when I comment on a blog for the first time, I’ll usually make a comment as to how I found their blog, so they don’t wonder who I am.  I’ve had more than one e-mail from someone asking me if they know me, because in the early days of blogging, I would comment without “introducing” myself.

So, mum, you should feel to comment on any blogs you visit.  I’m sure the bloggers will be thrilled!

As a follow-up to my “disciplined” post, I followed the advise of a few of you, and picked out 2 more smaller projects to work on.  I have two Little House Needleworks pieces that I’m currently working on, so they are not “new” starts, so I don’t feel so guilty about the lack of discipline.  Neither of my “major” pieces is suitable for travelling with, so it makes sense to have a couple of smaller projects on hand.

Thanks again for taking the time to read my blog!  If you don’t already have the password for my “personal” posts, I’d be happy to give it to you (if I “know” you).  You just need to send me an e-mail.  I know there’s no real “privacy” online, since anyone could copy & paste what I post, but I feel just a little more comfortable knowing that trolls aren’t likely to be reading those posts.  And if they are, they usually just keep their opinions to themselves (or post elsewhere, but not here!)  C’est la vie.