Website Hits and Google Analytics

I try to keep track of how many hits the blog and website get, and I noticed a spike in hits on October 1st. It was like, hello (with an English accent), what happened? With the help of Google Analytics I found out that a nice blog had featured one of my kitchen pottery spoon rests.

http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/scavenger-nyc/10-etsy-finds-for-your-kitchen-097348