In March 2011 600 of you (my wonderful blog readers) completed an anonymous survey.  I was so happy and surprised that so many of you chose to participate.  Thank you for taking the time to fill it out!

Here are the results:

What is your gender?


What is your age?


Crafts you enjoy are: (choose all that apply)


You've been reading futuregirl.com for ...


How much to you spend on online craft-related purchases each year?



OPTIONAL: Say anything you want, about anything you want.
(228 of the 600 respondents left a comment)

I love futuregirl.com, it inspires me to do amazing things :)

I mostly read because I like your "voice" and am impressed by your projects, less so than that I'm going to do any myself.  :)

I wish you loads of success in whatever you hope to accomplish!

I love your blog.  I wish still lived in the Bay Area so I could come to some of your crafting get-togethers.

Love the site, thank you for the inspiration and just general loveliness you've shared!

I love your blog & the free patterns! More please?! :)  Keep up the great work! :)

Futuregirl inspired me to start my blog.  She is still as inspirational as ever.  Go Futuregirl!!

I love reading your blog - it is the only one I subscribe to!  You give me so many ideas for crochet projects that aren't just the usual things out there.  Thanks!!!

You rock my socks.

Love your site...!!!!!

<3

Love your friendly, colorful blog!

I love crochet

Keep doing a great job, loving your blog!

Love your blog.  You are very creative and do a great job of bringing that creativity to life on your blog!

I've been working the Hex Bag. Love it!

I love futuregirl.com - it's by far my favourite craft blog. Your posts are great and always have something interesting in them for both experienced and beginner crafters. I found this a very welcoming space when I was a very beginner crafter! I'm also very grateful for your generosity in sharing patterns you have designed and also other tutorials, like fsc. Thank you, Alice!

I love to read about crafts, but I hate loads of "here's my sponser's posts".  I don't even know if that's what you're planning!  I love your blog, your crafts are amazing

Yr blog was a gr8 discovery!  Enjoying the fresh ideas.

I'd love to see more Sigmund and Starling type projects that we can all do together, please!  Thank you!

love your blog

I'm obsessed with crafting :-)

Love your blog!  Through you is how I learned just how much crochet has evolved over time.  It's nice to know I'm not the only metal listening, tattooed crocheter out there.

I love your blog - I check it daily :)

I love your tutorials!

This was the first craft blog I found. Now I follow many craft blogs and have had my own for a little over a year.

I love buying yarn locally but also love that the Internet exposes me to many different yarn options that I wouldn't necessarily have here.

I enjoy your tutorials. I'm a beginner crochet crafter.

I love your thorough tutorials and the way you work so hard to figure out the best ways to do things!  Thank you!!

your blog is inspirational! i quite enjoy it.

The sky is blue.... except when it's grey... or red... or purple!

I love the beautiful crochet and felt work you do. Thanks!

I had to refer back to my blog, but I'm pretty sure I've been reading you for over three years! Yay!

you = awesome x a million

Woot woot! Good luck!

Love this blog.  Read it religiously, but don't comment.  Wish I lived closer to meet up!

Your blog has brought me back into crochet after over 10 years and I'm loving it! Keep up the great work and tutorials!

You're great! Thanks for your willingness to share.

I adore clicking onto your site to find there is another post to read, your writing is fantastic... not too long not too short and always snappy :) keep up the good work.

YOU are an inspiration :)

I have a budget for crafts that is approximately $50 a month. It is the bulk of my entertainment budget as
well.

I live in Sweden!

I think you're super Alice!!

really love your Starling Handbag pattern!

I read your blog mainly because I love your writing style and really enjoyed using your PDF handsewing patterns

Re question 5: These days I tend to buy all my craft supplies in local stores, since I want to feel how yarn etc feels, and not be fooled by monitor rendition of colors.

I learned fsc from you! thanks so much for the detailed tutorials and videos

Needlework connects women through the generations.

Love reading you! I share things with my crafty arty daughters all the time.

I'm usually a lurker, but I'm glad to have the opportunity to say your blog inspires me! I wish I crafted more, but I love seeing what you come up with anyway.

I found your blog when I was searching for a tutorial on hand sewing a lining for a crocheted bag.  I have been hooked ever since.  I read every new blog you post and I am currently working on a starling handbag of my own! (I will send you pix when it is finished)!  Thank you for providing such wonderful tutorials and sharing your sense of humor in your blog!

I love your blog!  Long time reader, but rarely comment.

Love your blog.  I would love to learn how to create my own crochet pattern.  I see that you make and undo your projects, until you get it just the way you want it.  I can't do that, well, I just learned how to crochet about a year and a few months ago, I guess it's just a matter of practice.  I'm excited to see what you're gonna do next. ;).

love your blog! :)

The age category is going to change in a few months, you might want to chalk one more up in the 40+ column, gulp!

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious -What a weird survey question!

I like Alice's responsiveness.  It makes me continue to follow her blog.  If Ilived close to her, she's be a person I would hang out with.  Very down to earth, and that is something that I appreciate.

love the blog. thanks for the inspiration!

Great blog. Haven't been reading that long.  Would love it if you ever went back into the archives and compiled a quick blog looking back over past projects.  Thanks again for the blog!  It's a great part of my day!

Great website! Everything is so cute!

One of the things I enjoy about your blog is that you share the process of your crochet projects.

I`m spanish

i am glad we both started knitting! i love reading your blog!

New, but love your blog!

I chose knitting and crochet but I suck at both :) But I still love reading about you doing them. I would love some very beginner tutorials on crochet.

this is a beautiful website

I have an art history midterm on my 21st birthday!  I also love the blog, even though I don't crochet as much nowadays :)

Alice- You're awesome!

Futuregirl amazes me with her dedication to creativity and technical excellence.

Very inspiring, very helpful!  Thanks!

That's a low estimate, for my sanity. Also, I love your writing style!

your blog is teh awesome! :)

I love your positivity and adventurous & helpful blog. Rock on!

Despite the fact that I knit, I love your blog!

Always looking for inspiration from craft blogs

very good patterns

chocolate is yummy. :)

I love to come up with new creations, and making something new from something old!

Yay for crochet! (you said anything!!)

Thank you so very much for having the gender options of trans and other available!

good luck with your work!

am always looking for new idea's in crochet love making hats

Love this blog.  I've learned a lot. Also, Alice has graciously helped when I'm stumped on a project.

I LOVE futuregirl.com. It was the first real blog I ever read.

Mwah!

i'm very happy to find your blog

love love love!! inspirational & inspiring! <3

love your tutorials

I love your mad crochet skills and how you show us your process from charting to stitches to recharting to more stitches.  It's all a process..love it!

Isn't it fun to share crafts around the world through blogging?

love you blog and patterns!

I usually use storefront type stores to buy materials and get patterns and inspiration online for free. I love this site because it has a lot of inspirational things.

meatspace.

I LOVE your blog

You have great tutorials!!

Hoot!

way way way over

you are awesome

I like your blog !

Thank you for your blog. The internet is a vast source of information!

You are the coolest ever, and I heart you. If you can guess who wrote this, you get 100 extra points!

:)  I truly love your blog... I recently went back and read through from the beginning.  Ooooh, that was great!  Thank you SO MUCH for all of your wonderful help and inspiration.  :)

I <3 your blog :D :D :D :)

Love the hex tote tutorials!

I usually read through Google Reader, and sometimes click on links to view site

I love some of the new stitch ideas I have gotten from your blog. I like to make things, I'm doing my own personal project of making as much as I can and then putting pics on tiny pic of them for each month. Hopefully by the fall I'll have a good selection for the craft fairs again, and even if I don't I'll have presents ready to give at Christmas. The best bit about reading your blog or any other craft site is that it can spark an idea for something I want to create.

Muenster is pure lactose gold.

Love, Love, LOVE your site!  And you seem adorable, too!  Thanks for all that you do and the hex videos are the best- I have made them w/ regular and cotton yarns, and am working on figuring out how to make a blanket for my daughter that she can work on with me!  I will send pix when possible!  Thanks again!  :)

I'm just getting started at this, had a little exprience when I was younger and decided I wanted to get back into it. I think it means more to give homemade (with love) then to give store bought. Thanks for creating this site.

Love futuregirl; spend great blocks of time searching craft tutorials,craft blogs; started a craft blog 01/2011; love this "world" for crafters; futuregirl is ahead of the crowd with her fantastic blog site!

Reading your blog inspires me to be more creative.

The new Decemberists album RULES!

Love your tutorials. :)

futuregirl is THE Crochet Badass.

ok

I hope that sweater's working out alright!

I love your blog!  Especially all the stuff you share about crochet!  :-)

Thanks for the ideas, tutes, and especially comment reponses.

I just found your blog today, veryt excited though.

i love crafting, its an outlet for my artist background!

I <3 futuregirl!

<3

thank you for the great tutorials

I like your 'voice'. I crochet primarily, but I like hearing about other things as well.

You rock!  Keep up the great posts!

I love looking at blogs for inspiration for projects! If only I could be well put together.

keep up the great work!

I really love this blog! Very fun :)

I don't normally comment, but I love reading your blog and seeing your lovely pictures.  Keep it up, it's so great to read a positive, productive, and colorful blog!

i love handmade crafts, making them and buying them

Your embroidery tutorials saved my life! :)

Thanks! Your tutorials are very helpful.

I LOVE to crochet and have made several purses with your patterns.  THX.

Love your blog!! I'm silent but I'm a long-time reader.

nice blog! i think it's one of the most creative

I love your website & crafts, especially the free patterns! Thanks!

I enjoy lots of other crafts too, such as papercrafts and recycle crafts.

Great site.

I LOVE YOUR BLOG

You are amazing :)

I also enjoy sewing by machine. I really enjoy all your experimenting with crochet and knitting. Thanks!

I love futuregirl.com :)

Happy to have discovered you.

You ROCK. :)

I run my own business but advice on how to market & package craft items would be valuable to me. I know how to market myself but marketing & selling real things is new!

Love your blog. Thanks for sharing so much with us!

nice easy to navigate blog.Lovely downloads

I'll be spending more this year, as I finally have a job.  Yay!

hello!

I love your blog and find it so inspirational AND beneficial!!!

LOVE this blog!!!!! Like way...a lot :)

Love your blog, even though I only lurk there!

I would love to learn how to use my sewing machine,and am hoping to get some inspiration and help from the web.. and

I love your blog, Alice! You are supercool and very inspiring! I love reading about your creative process!

Alice is a wonderful, kind, generous crafter who inspires many!!!

Futuregirl is one of only three sites I check in with everyday.

I got into crocheting through the 'net, flickr and the inspirational blogs of others. I now crochet with a passion and continue to be inspired by women (and some men) all over the world. I love that so many of us share the same passion, no matter where we are.

LOVE your tutorials- so clear and easy to personalise, even for beginners!  Thank you!

i'm from israel and thanks for all thetutorials...

I love the "other" option for gender! HeHe.

Love is the key to everything.

FutureGirlRocks!!!! I would love to see more patterns availble for crochet.

I find tons and tons of inspiration thru the amazing Futuregirl!

i dunno frst tyme i've been on this blog nice cool

Love your site - it was one of the first that got me addicted to craft blogs :)

Your blog is truly inspiring.

I love learning new techniques and seeing new ideas.

I really like your blog :)

i love that you made transgender an option- little things like that keep me reading

I've just begun following blogs and I've just started writing my own - I have two.  It really connects me to the world outside of my little world and offers me tons of inspiration.  Thanks for the being one of the blogs I follow!

I've hidden crochet by my bed for my morning "Lie-in"!

Love your blog - I've found your information and tutorials VERY helpful - thank you!

love your site and patterns!

I enjoy your blog.

I love your crochet along videos!!!

your patience and perseverance with that sweater is truly impressive :)  I would have pitched a fit and cried long ago.

i like your blog! :)

Thank you for such a great blog! :)

I love this site!

Firstly, I <3 you site :) I intend to start spending a LOT more on online crafty things, since I have moved back to North America from Central Europe, since shipping will be *a lot* cheaper now! :D Oh and I was going to check "Embroidery", but that's not the same as quilting, so I didn't check it.. Ok, I'm done! :)

I don't buy much of anything online, but if I added up how much I spend at Michaels & Joann's, I don't think it'd be pretty!

I so enjoy your blog!

In case this records the time of submission, I'm not really this crazy a morning person; I just have to work
early.

Love reading your blog very inspiring

You  should have more free things, you could have themes (easter, birthday, Christmas etc.)

love reading your blog. Thanks for your effort

thanks for th e blog

I love your work and you are so gracious to your readers.

Love your how to videos!!

Me encanta el blog, siempre con muchas ideas, Bendiciones

love all endeavours of the "crafty"  kind

I love this blog!!!!!!

enjoy your blog.

I love your blog and all the well thought out and amazing tutorials.

I Love your blog, Your choice of colours in your crafts. Its gotta modern look!! Good Luck ahead.

i get ideas for projects and new things to purchase from a variety of online sources but usually shop at my local indie craft store. i don't crochet or knit but have a yarn stash larger than most. one of these days i need to learn how to do something with all that yarn

such a fun site I just stumbled upon with the hex tote from the Craftzine blog.

I have used and refered others to your tutorials for a long time.  You were very much a saving grace when I was learning to crochet. Yours is one of the two blogs I refer people to most often, thank you for all you do!

Realy enjoy popping over to read your latest creations :)

these handbags are beautiful.

I wasn't sure if I should check that I enjoy things I don't really do, so I'm not sure my responses are entirely accurate, but it doesn't look like I'll be held accountable. :)

inspiring!

You're awesome!

You were a major inspiration for me to start crafting

Great Tutorials - best I've seen on the web!!

Your posts are much appreciated.

I love how futuregirl.com combines crochet, knitting and sewing. Alice's style is unique. It's unfussy, but very inspiring. She makes you feel that anyone could have a go at what she does. Her tutorials are very well presented, and easy to follow. Her patterns are popular for good reason. I love popping in to read what Alice has been up to.

Absolutely love the site - your creativity always inspires me.

love your blog

I really like your site! #3: also beading, mosaic tiling, painting, textile art wallhangings, flower arranging, ceramics, beading, decoupage. I pretty much never met an arts or a crafts i didn't like.

although I don't love knitting/embroidery/hand sewing myself, I love reading about you doing all three.  good luck with your marketing, I'm sure it will be awesome.

just found you today at work. blackberry'd your site address. excited to come back when i get home.

Whenever I see owl or peacock motifs, I think of you :)

Alice, my dear, you beyond rock. I use this site as resource, relief and inspiration.

Just found you through Crochet Concupiscence

love your blog!

Yay! CrafT is cool!

Thanks for the free patterns!

Great site!  lots of understandable tutorials.

Love ya girl!

i linked you on my website

found you through your pattern in Anticraft.... love it

My fish are staring at me .... I think they mean to do me harm.

Love your website

I also love, machine sewing and quilting!

Awesome site; there's a lot of useful information here. :) Thanks!

i really like your website & the things that you make. you are very talented! i'd really love to see some more tutorials too!

My husband won't let me buy online :{