Five years ago, I sat down in the lounge in a shared flat in Brixton, South London. There were things literally everywhere – a small trunk of yarn, a house rabbit in a cage, very poorly constructed sofas. John and I were in the beginning phases of our relationship, and one night he heard me moaning about my Blogger blog.

Five years of Plutonium Muffins

It was really important to me to have a blog. I was a student blogger for Imperial College for two years, I had a website as a teenager, and I’d always found writing a huge release. “Well,” said John, “lets make a blog for you on your own website so you’re in control of everything.”

I had literally no idea how to do that. My dad and brother had run my website when I was younger, Imperial College ran the blog there and blogger was, well, blogger. With encouragement from John (who in those days was known as JS), I brainstormed 100 names and put it to Facebook to vote on the most popular. Plutonium Muffins tied with another, and as it was my own first choice, I went with it! (Just as an aside – the other name that ‘won’ was “hatsnhugs”. I’m glad I went with my choice…)

Five years ago today we went live with this announcement!

In the time since we’ve had a lot of major exciting highs and also some pretty low lows. I’ve done a lot of travelling to wool shows and exhibitions and met some of the best people. I’ve given up full time work to pursue my crafty dream (twice!) and gone back to work realising it’s not as easy as it seems. I’ve branched out and now do ALL the crafts, not just knitting. I’ve started a YouTube channel, a Ravelry group and social media profiles galore. In all of it I’ve made some incredibly special friends, not least a friend for life in Australia and some cracking mates in the U.K. I’ve spoken to people in America, South Africa, Canada, the UAE, and most of my fans are actually in Russia! I’ve had two major mental health incidents. Through it all I’ve had Plutonium Muffins to dedicate myself to – some months more and some months not at all.

I’m thrilled with all we’ve achieved together, and I can’t wait to enjoy the next five years with all of you! Thank you all so much for coming along on this journey. I’ll be doing a birthday giveaway, to be announced after Christmas as at the moment I’m busy trying to keep things together in all the madness. In the meantime, enjoy the latest PM pet, doing what she does best.

For the rest of this month I’m challenging myself to blog using only my phone, so the format will probably change a bit. I hope you enjoy it!

Much love,

Corrie xx