If you have a Facebook account, become a fan of Crochet Uncut! I'll be posting quick notes there that will somewhat match what I post in the Ravelry forum, like "tomorrow is the deadline" or other quick news items.

Crochet Uncut Facebook Fan Page

-darlisa

On visits and page hits (although it doesn't track unique hits)

Month / Visits / Page Hits

November / 34381 / 1,995,046 - first issue
December / 47923 / 2,514,969 - special issue
January / 29317 / 1,473,537 - "normal" traffic

Our Alexa rating is up to 666,319 with 603 registered users.

Next issue is due for release on March 1, 2009 - See you then!

-darlisa

The Christmas 2008 issue was released last week with seven quick and easy projects and a short article with a few ideas on last minute gift suggestions to crochet.

Our next issue is due for release on March 1, 2009 with a theme of items for warmer weather. The deadline for submissions is January 1, 2009 but if you need a few more days to submit, e-mail me at the submission e-mail given in the Submission FAQ.

And finally, for those of you who have purchased items from CatBird Studios, I send out my deepest appreciation and thanks. So far, I've been able to cover a full year of hosting for Crochet Uncut with the proceeds from the sales. Thank you!

Oh, and one more thing ... don't forget to support your local yarn stores!!

This is so cool! The stats from Alexa for Crochet Uncut are kinda fun to keep an eye on, even though we're not in the top 100,000.

Anyway, I've been keeping track of the ratings and here they are for the past three days:

Date - Alexa Ranking

11/4 - 8,374,510
11/5 - 8,370,593
11/7 - 5,977,818
11/14 - 2,670,183
12/14 - 1,064,584
1/6 - 810,501

# of Registered Users

11/4 - 234
11/5 - 291
11/7 - 357
11/14 - 400
12/14 - 482
1/6 - 560

(Edited on 11/14; 12/14, 1/6 to add new numbers)

I was quite delighted to receive my Knitting Daily newsletter and find a free crochet e-book for holiday gifts from Interweave Crochet. Read all about it and download the e-book at the following link.

Knitting Daily Newsletter

The e-book will be available for free through most of January 2009 so get it now, otherwise you'll miss it!