Guess who has a Facebook Page for crocheTime again?

I decided to start a Facebook Page again because it really is a great place for me to share quick ideas and links with you. Ditto for you to share with me. The page even has a nifty Shop tab that duplicates whatever is in my Etsy shop.

Last time I had a crocheTime Page, it reach 1,000 Likes. A lot of slip stitches have been crocheted since then, so who knows how many Likes the Page will get this time round? Here’s hoping for more than 1,000!

You can click here to Like the Page and join in the fun.

I very much look forward to seeing you there!

Sunday 24 March 2013 I closed my Facebook account. Here are my reasons for exiting the Book Of Face:

1. I’ve been thinking of closing Facebook for almost a year now. The only thing that prevented me from doing so was the CrocheTime page. I had 1000 likes on the page, but due to Facebook’s algorithms, less than 200 people actually viewed the updates I posted on the Page. My blog gets more hits per day (around 400), so what’s the point of having the Page? As soon as I figured this out, I realised there was no reason to keep my Facebook account.
2. Facebook was turning me into a nosey, stalker type person. I don’t want to be that kind of person.
3. I had people in my Friend list that I barely know in person, and some I have never even met, yet they were filling my newsfeed with things I’m really not interested in.
4. I’m a big believer in the notion that people come into our lives with a purpose, and when that purpose is fulfilled they leave. We all feel a bond with people at a certain time in your life, but as you grow older, you change and they change and then you naturally go your separate ways. I’m not talking of only man-woman relationships, but friendships, colleagues and neighbours too. Facebook was keeping people in my life that I have moved on from.
5. The amount of advertising, suggested posts, suggested pages and just general rubbish I couldn’t hide from my newsfeed, was getting more and more, and more and more irritating;
6. I was judging people based on their activities/photos/friends on Facebook. I don’t want to be that kind of person.
7. My Facebook visits weren’t making me happy or inspiring me. In fact it became irritating and draining, yet I felt compelled to go back. Again and again just in case I missed something.  I don’t want to be that kind of person.
8. I was spending too much time thinking “Ooh, how can I word this situation/conversation so that it would be a good status update” and taking photos of things so that I could post it on Facebook, in stead of actually enjoying that situation/conversation and appreciating the scenery.
9. WordPress Reader, Pinterest and Instagram are filled with like-minded individuals so I would like to spend more time on these websites.
10. There are other ways of keeping in touch with friends. Ways that don’t include strangers and the people in no. 4, knowing what I get up to.

Sorry Facebook, this isn’t working any more. It’s time for me to move on.

Hello all!

Today I’d like to say hello and thank you to the 109 Facebook likes on my page. 109 People are interested in crocheTime! What a blessing! Thank you for every single like, all those thumbs ups are highly appreciated. (If you haven’t like the page yet, just go to http://www.facebook.com/crochetime.)

Some of the likes are from fellow crafters who sell the nicests things! I’m especially loving Elizabeth Louise Crafts, which sell handmade felt crafts. Julie’s felt owls are just too cute for words!

Julie, the felt crafter behind Elizabeth Louise Crafts, regularly keep her Facebook fans updated and I love reading what she gets up to.  Here is  link to her Facebook page – please do go say hi: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth-Louise-Crafts/148654978502066

Keep on hooking!