You are such a beautiful soul. The time was over far too quickly, I love listening to you. You are very kind, caring and generous. So many of your (wonderful) witterings are helpful. Thank you. I can't wait until next time!
thank you for your time today , your explination of leaving " stuff " really resonated with me, i left a 20 yr abusive relationship and left with a small amount and my 3 kids 25 years ago. it felt like shedding my old life. i let the process of leaving my things wash over me like it wasnt me making the choice but that the things were almost tainted. i dont miss anything i left. i have a lovley selection of crafty things now. 3 very happy grown up kids and i am super happy. take each day as it comes and be kind to yourself.
Yes I can relate to the idea of shedding and things being tainted. I am sorry you lived through that too but very happy to hear you came out the other side and are happy again. I am sure I will get there. Thank you ❤️
This was fascinating. The other day I was awake in the middle of the night rewatching some of your videos and I kept wondering to myself what it is about you and what you do that draws me in so much. Then, like a lightbulb going off, I got it. You are real. When we stitch with you it is real. You aren’t like most creators on YT who try to portray their life as something “else” or who are sterile. You are real, a real person. Thank you for that. I loved this video, every part of it. ❤ And thank you for being there in the middle of the night! (I miss my horses too.)
Thank YOU so much. I just do me, I can't do differently. Also I had lost sight of who 'me' is in recent years so it's kind of strange but lovely that RUclips of all places has helped me rediscover myself. Of course it's not really RUclips, it's you all. ❤️
Dear Kathryn, this sort of chat was like being with a wonderful friend, wise, caring, thoughtful, inspiring. Thank you for sharing your work and thoughts. It's a real gift to know you. Hugs! ❤
Thank you for sharing yourself in such a way with all of us today. We all have so much love and respect for you. I think there are many of us who have gone through something similar in our lives, so we know it can't be an easy road to finding a new, even better, normal. 28 years ago I left a failed marriage of 23 years and moved 2,000+ miles away with my two teenage children. With limited funds available, we mailed 20 boxes of belongings to our new home. We never missed anything we left behind. It took awhile to find our new "North" on our compass again...but we did and are all happy. I wish the same for you and your children. There are endless, wonderful possibilities ahead. ❤
Thank-you very much, Kathryn, for being prepared to answer so many probing questions so openly. You're not obliged to; then it's all the more touching that you trust us with your very personal thoughts and feelings. I hope you have a gentle week. ❤
There's so much in what you shared that resonated with me, as I thought was likely. It's lovely and generous of you to share some of your personal life with us, and I appreciate that it might have felt a bit strange for you. To me it felt a bit like we were all sitting together in a cozy room, getting acquainted. Thank you, Kathryn, and I wish you well as you continue to find your feet in your new way of living. 💚
Thank you for the explanation of the financial ins and outs of ads on RUclips. I shall now happily go on a nostalgia trip to the days of TV (for me) and have an "ad break" and walk away when I do encounter them on your or anybody else's videos. It will serve for an exercise break instead and I can return as soon as I hear your dulcet tones! 🥰
Wise woman thank you , that was so interesting 😇love what you’ve done and can relate to much of what you’ve said. Hoping you’ll continue to thrive creatively and get rewarded as you deserve. I very much look forward to each time you bring something to us your faithful audience.🙃
I loved your doing this video...open and honest.And I love you wittering !!! In this wittering is where I learn the most from you regardless of the subject. Please don't apologize for the things that you share! Much love to you my dear!
You do look and sound much better….well better than some recent videos. Said out of love and respect of course. I’m still sitting and hibernating ( we’re under a blanket of 12 “ of snow & ice and single digit temperatures (ferenheight). More to come for a couple months. I haven’t decided what to take on as a project…no hurry here. That’s the joy of giving yourself permission to do nothing. A mixture of decadence and total freedom! January is wonderful!
Hello Kathryn , thank you for your sharing and I wanted to let you know that I appreciate when you talk about how RUclips works because I am curious about that. Your bravery around talking about money is to be commended as I know from personal experience that it can be a very difficult thing to do. I hope you are going ok 🌺🌺🌺
I could listen to you witter forever! I often wish I lived in England so we could be friends. I am a year older than you and we have many of the same interests. Being an introvert makes it super hard to make friends, but I feel like you gave great advice about that.❤
I know the pain of letting your horses go. I had two for many years and I loved them with all my heart. We made a huge move to a place we would not be able to keep them. It tore my heart out to see them in someone else’s trailer leaving the driveway. It’s been years since then but I’m crying for them again now
I am so sorry, I am the same. My neighbour loaded my boy in the trailer for me, I couldn't do it. She knew him well as we were riding buddies. Broke my heart ❤️
As children and young teens, my brother and I had a little mustang mare names Beauty. She was very smart, very gentle. My brother taught her to roll over, to play dead, to kneel, and to open her own water faucet to put water in the pail. When we moved into the city my dad had to sell her, because as you say it’s very expensive to board a horse. It broke our hearts to sell her, but she went to live in farm and the farmer’s children loved her. It was very sad and painful to lose her so I understand. My favorite books are Wind in the Willows and Pride and Prejudice.
This was such a lovely visit, Kathryn. Thank you for giving so much to us. Firstly, I read your "personality type" and was not surprised by anything except that you would be an extrovert. However, I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't part of your modus operandi when you were young and free. Although these traits are woven into our DNA, I've no doubt that the more complex creatives move easily in and out of their various qualities as called upon, leaving some behind as required. Isn't it amazing (human) how we can be immediately sensitive to the needs of others yet completely miss their most obvious flaws. Hence, devoting ourselves to a doomed relationship. You are a beautiful woman, so very wise and interesting with so much ahead of you and you have my great admiration and gratitude for having found you. Full steam ahead, with you at the controls!
I can relate to having too much & too many choices. I also hesitate to use some things because I know that it will fit the next project perfectly! Thanks for your enlightening talk.
I always was quite sociable and comfortable in large groups of people, I am a little more anxious at the moment but I think that is just symptomatic and not really me. About the doomed relationship, yes I did feel a bit angry initially that I tried so hard for so long when I 'should' have known it was pointless. Now I feel secure in the knowledge that I, at least, did everything I could to make it work. Thank you for being here Ann, lots of love ❤️
How I enjoyed listening to you today, I felt quite emotional at times, you really do have a lovely soul and I feel so sad for you that your life has taken such a horrible turn BUT you will get through these troubled times and come out stronger. We are very lucky to have you guiding and teaching us so many skills, I have enjoyed crafting along with you, thank you. Let’s hope 2025 is a much happier year for you 🫶🏻
Well holy moly. Those dreadlocks were worth waiting for! (Not that I did of course. I fast forwarded and the came back.😊) Gorgeous!! This was so much fun. I fixed a cup of tea and enjoyed every second of this little talk. Thank you so much for sharing so much of yourself with us.❤
I can relate to the journey you are on. The main difference is the age of our children. My children were young. You will heal my dear and you are so correct when you say you are the loneliest when you are in the wrong relationship. That was me. I love your videos. You have taught me so much, thank you. I look forward to each new video. God Bless see you soon!
Kathryn - you are a wise and wonderful and caring person and thank you for taking the time to answer fans' questions. This was a delightful hour spent with you and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. I sat at my computer desk with my feet up on the desk and leaning back in my chair. A hot cup of coffee in hand and my precious dog, Molly, a 2-year-old rescue American Foxhound in her bed by the sliding glass door with her getting the early afternoon sun on her as she loves. Thank you so much......... An hour well spent in peace and quiet and contentment as I listened to your wise words and delightful wittering....... with my precious Molly by my side.
Thanks for that.☺️.. I didn't stitch for ages after my Mum died, even considerrd getting rid of my 'stuff'....then made 2 hot water bottle covers for my daughter's dogs and it cleared the blockage...I'm so grateful....looking forward to Part 2!😀
I so enjoyed listening to your thoughts as I stitched on my comfort cloth this morning. Nothing like a cozy chat, even if you can't hear the replies I mutter over my stitching. 😆💖
Your comments about ‘limited stuff’ really resonated. I’m ‘camping’ in temporary accommodation, between houses. Most of my fabric and journaling things are boxed and stored, so it’s been a real eye-opener managing with minimal supplies. I visited a friend recently, someone who makes beautiful, measured quilts, and she gave me some scraps - the joy and gratitude that I felt for that handful of pieces of fabric made me realise how I now value things differently. As a bonus, anything that I make using those scraps will forever be a nudge to remember the kindness of friends. Ps I also gather and keep free magazines from various sources and was even bold enough to ask if I could take one from the waiting room in the garage when my car was being fixed 😮🙂💚
Thankyou Kathryn, for your honesty, thoughtfulness and kindness in your Park Home . It has been so lovely to hear all about your life. I too have shrunk an inch after my recent health check here in the UK. The nurse asked me how tall I was and I replied 5ft 6ins, and she replied, I don’t think so. I did know we all shrunk as we age, but an inch is a lot when not being very tall. For a while I was trying to stretch as I walked, which made me chuckle along to myself. I have been thinning out my abundance of cloth and recently took quite a lot to my local charity haberdashery shop. In the process I rediscovered many pieces of stitchings which I will more than likely tea and rust dye and incorporate in my comfort cloth. Take very good care. I live in the far east of the UK and yourself in the west, but would think seriously about joining a cloth stitching class/ weekend with yourself.
I recognise the overwhelm of lots of stuff, I have one drawer of fabric. My friends like it when I have a clear-out! I agree making a clean break from a previous life is best. Move on, start afresh 😊
Thank you...for sharing so much about your life. Thank you for creating this amazing community...I am experiencing such deep healing. And, by that I mean, I feel a healing of my creative self...an emerging wholeness that I think I have been seeking my entire life. I am so content with a needle and thread. Stitching connects me to everything alive.
Happy Greetings from Mona, Utah USA. Love the sharing time with you. So grateful for the stitches we share. The new adventures with stitches are amazing. Thank you for a fun adventure.
Kathryn, thank you for this lovely chat with us. I haven’t purchased new clothes for years, I also shop mostly at thrift/ charity shops. As for not being ecos simply because you took a plane to get somewhere, remember that plane would be traveling with or without you on it. 😂
Glad you're feeling better and lovely chatty session - thank you. Your dreadlocks were beautiful! I'm in the UK and would be interested in joining a weekend stitchy retreat. I'm in West Yorkshire, but would be happy to come south. I would be travelling by public transport though.
When I talked about retreats, I was thinking more of them being organised by a group and me being invited as a tutor, which is how I have done them before. I will try to remember to talk more about them next time, maybe someone has a venue or knows of someone who could organise it for individuals to get together. I don't think I could find a venue and organise everything myself, including accommodation etc. But who knows! Maybe once I am a bit more together, I could think about it. ♥️
Thank you so much, what an enjoyable video and how generous of you to answer so many questions and share your thoughts and feelings. I especially loved seeing your comfort cloth made from your Dad’s clothes and handkerchiefs, just beautiful and touching. I wish everyone who watched your video gave a thumbs up as views should match that number.🥰
Thank you for being so genuine and sharing your life with all of us. ❤ I will likely never meet you in person but with videos like this it feels like I know you even better.
Hi Kathryn , I so enjoyed every minute of your Q&A video xx❤ thank you for sharing all your answers with us all xxx sending lots of love always to you , Stella & Fred Fred xxx xx ❤❤❤❤❤
Oh I love your dreads. I’ve always wanted to do that but now I’m too old…but I also like your twisting with the material in it. You are such a lovely person.
I’m sure you are right, however, from what I read online it takes a lot of work…I don’t have the time or energy. Also it talks about many products etc.
Hi - I too love the film Yesterday - I think it's quite under-rated. Another film I love is Three Summers - again, quite gentle. Amazing how some films stay with you for a long, long time. Take care & best of luck in your venture. Dawn x
That was great fun. I enjoyed learning more about you with out getting too personal. Your horse and your hair is/was beautiful. Looking forward to the next one.💚💛💚
I loved learning more about you. Thank you for sharing. I love the comfort cloth from your dads shirts. It looks so calming. Also your dreads...love them
Hello from Manchester PA USA. I came across your channel from Kate at "The Last Homely House". She mentioned you awhile back. I enjoy your videos alot. I am new to quilting but have done many many crafts over the years. I took up watching/learning during lockdown in 2020. I haven't done alot but have made several jellyroll quilts. My goal 2025 is to work on quilts for my family, husband, 3 grown kids and 5 grandbabes. So this is going to be a busy year. I like your mantra....do something practical, something physical, and something creative. I work at a lovely spa 12 hrs/week just to socialize but mostly I'm a homebody. Well "I'm wittering". LOL I look forward to going back and watching your earlier videos. Have a great day!
❤thank you for opening your soul and sharing with us. I felt your sadness and wish I was sitting next to you and reach out to hold your hand. Did you feel it? Funny but I have only been a member since October, but I feel like I have known you and the other members of our group for a long time. It is the warmth and comfort of everyone and the acceptance and inclusion of each person. I would say you have achieved a community but it seems more like we are family. And oh yes, I definitely would sit and watch reruns of Breaking Bad with you. Each time I go to Albuquerque for an event I want to do the Breaking Bad tour in an old decrepit RV like Walter and Jessie had, but no one wants to go with me. I have a feeling you would. Lol.
I moved to a new area and managed to join a local healthy walking group and I love it. A lot of people start on their own, as I did, but the group is about socialising as much as walking so it’s an easier way to start joining in.
I did look into it around here but the local ones don't allow dogs, a walk without Stella seems a bit pointless. I am so pleased you are enjoying your group ❤️
Thank you Kathryn. This is my first post as it has taken me a while to dip my toes into You Tube's pond. I was so excited in 2024 when you included several videos of different exhibits you visited or were a part of. I remember particularly the one where your pinnies were suspended in mid air and seemed to be dancing. Then you took us around the corner and pointed out a piece painted by one of your friends... Wood Nymphs dancing with abandon and utter joy. My mind put those two visuals together and ever since have thought the pinnies belonged to the nymphs who discarded them to move more freely and feel the sun and fresh forest air on their bodies. The pinnies, although laid aside temporarily, were still in thrall to the dance so they danced on their own. I in turn, am enthralled by the dancing pinnies. Do you have a pattern you can share? You are a source of joy and inspiration to us all. I am grateful. Denise.
Hello Denise, I love the idea that the wood nymphs threw off their pinnies to dance, I must tell Lucy who created the nymphs. I drafted the pattern myself on paper so can't share it but if you Google cross over apron you should find something. ❤️
One more reason I really enjoy your channel!!! I didn't know you owned and loved horses!! I was fortunate enough to have been able to own a horse that my niece now owns. All my favorite things in one place when I am watching you.
I knew i would enjoy the q&a and i thank you for being 'you' who i respect immensely. I could happily sit and listen to you all day - you have such a calming way about you ❤ Protagonist?? Hmmm yes to being 'altruistic, caring, and loyal and making the world a better place'... Ohh I'm loving the dreadlocks btw ❤ and I'm burning a few sticks of nag champa, which always puts me in a happy place ❤
One of my favorite videos of yours to date, K3N! I have to say, when I saw "an hour of wittering" my first thought was YAY! I love your wittering. It is delightful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and life--I find it so inspiring. And thank you for your encouragement...I launched my RUclips channel with my own style of wittering today. I appreciated your warm wishes in getting started. Thank you for encouraging us all inso many ways--can't wait for your next video! with love from one of your many US friends
Absolutely love your videos and find you a inspiration and interesting artist. I also watch Marion's worid and also Kate at the last homly house. I feel as if I have wonderful lovely like friends in my weekly stitching group ♥️
That was so interesting, great to get to know you better as I spent alot of time "with" you! I appreciate and respect your attitude and the way you live your life, you are such an inspiration in so many ways.
A lovely chat, thank you. I loved Breaking Bad too (all human life is there!), I came to it late so have seen only once - about time I watched again. Talking about time, About Time another favourite, and watch any time it appears on tv - as it did over Christmas. Love Domhnall Leeson ❤
Thank you Kathryn ❤ Love seeing you surrounded by colour in your home. Interesting that you like Back in time movie it’s one of my favourites and when you talk about your dad it reminds me of the dad in the movie. I also had horses and rode in pony club etc and had to sell my last horse before moving to another state in Australia it broke my heart . I have only ridden a few times since so I like to make it a special occasion like riding on the beach at Yeppoon Queensland and I have heard about a trail ride in South Island in New Zealand ( beautiful part of the world) that I will do. Family Sewing crafting is my passion for now. Doing a huge clean and repurposing or donating to charity shops now as we don’t need all this stuff, it’s very cleansing and I feel so much lighter and free. Now I’m waffling lol 😂
Thank you as always for being you and your authenticity (and wittering). And just a note that I understand RUclips will place ads on videos even if you don’t choose to place them as a creator. In fact, placing ads at the start and not placing mid cycle ads is the best way to minimise the ads for viewers (which is funny I know). But hope that may make you feel better about ads. Cheers, Christine 💙🧵🪡
I just Love listening to you. 😊 Of course seing and doing work and stitching is wonder-full too. Thank you for sharing and prompting and kindly, easily, offering insights into process. Your journey is familiar. Courage ~ I know, easier said than done.
I tried a "no-buy" craft year to de-stash and your ideas were very beneficial, and I am still doing some of the Wonky Wednesdays as they are enjoyable and I still have to use things up, and the Comfort Cloth project has been the most interesting so far, enabling me to continue in my "no-buy" plan. I would listen to the session of questions for the page of questions you did not get to, if you plan to continue to the finish.
Oh I so get the horses, I had them when I was younger and at 24 circumstances changed and I had to give mine up and I'm so the same, I'm now 63 and I can just now start to watch and look at horse stuff on the tellie. It hurts and I think it's my biggest regret giving them up, I still cry when I think about it, tearing up now lol so I know exactly how you feel ♥
Thank you so much for your time and your lovely wittering and for so many things... I've recently bought Braiding Sweetgrass translated to catalan thanks to your recomendation, and I can't wait to start reading it. Of course, I could read in english, but it's easier for me ;) Thanks so much, lovely K3n! Hugs!
That was fun...I enjoyed the opportunity to get to know you better. We have Nag Champa and Wuthering Heights, among other things, in common! Thank you so much for all you share, Kathryn!
Also, I just read the info about protagonists...while we've never met from what I know that is spot on! I saw that Barack Obama was also a protagonist so in my opinion you're in pretty good company!! I just took it again and I'm a mediator. I think that fit me pretty well also. Apparently William Shakespeare was also a mediator but I'm not sure how they got him to take the test!😂
Thankyou for sharing ❤your content always makes me think more deeply and to consider different perspectives on things. I am enjoying following your videos as they have encouraged me to take risks with my work and to explore outside of prescribed methods of doing things. I was introduced to Breaking Bad by my son, thought I’d hate it and loved it totally for all the reasons you describe. I’m enjoying the comfort cloth exploration, trying to launch myself into journaling and looking forward to next weeks videos 😊
Hello! I was surprised you like BB. I was living in NM when that was being filmed. It was a little surreal. I actually refused to watch it at first because who wants to watch something about the drug underworld? But the last few months that I was there, I decided to start watching it, and then returning to California that by the time I was caught up, they had completed the last season and I had to wait for it to come out to learn how it ends. It's been a long while since I watched it. I've not watched it again, actually, as you have. I remember not liking the ending that much at all. But then again, it had a lot of strange plot twists. Once I was back in California, I mostly enjoyed watching it to reminisce of Albuquerque, which is strange. It's not really much of a destination compared to other American cities. It's definitely quirky (Albuquirky). Also to share, and this is a bit convoluted (!) my brother's former partner's sister is the wife of the actor who played the cop. Our families spent a Christmas together. He's actually a nice guy. I can't remember if he was still filming Breaking Bad. I learned that he went to Harvard. Kind of an odd mixture. Anyway, that's something I thought you would enjoy knowing! Have you watched the Better Call Saul series? It's supposed to be a spin off. It's on Netflix. I had started watching it, but never kept with it. Cheers ❤
Have you seen the follow up film called El Camino? it tells what happens to Jesse and it tied up the loose ends nicely for me. I have watched Better Call Saul and enjoyed it though it took a while to get into. That's cool about your brother's former partner's sister being married to Hank. His final scene in the series is one of my favourites. I have seen him in other things too, I can imagine he is a nice guy. ❤️
You open your heart to us, with such trust and honesty. And we hold it with love, and gratitude for knowing you ❤
You are such a beautiful soul. The time was over far too quickly, I love listening to you. You are very kind, caring and generous.
So many of your (wonderful) witterings are helpful. Thank you.
I can't wait until next time!
thank you for your time today , your explination of leaving " stuff " really resonated with me, i left a 20 yr abusive relationship and left with a small amount and my 3 kids 25 years ago. it felt like shedding my old life. i let the process of leaving my things wash over me like it wasnt me making the choice but that the things were almost tainted. i dont miss anything i left. i have a lovley selection of crafty things now. 3 very happy grown up kids and i am super happy. take each day as it comes and be kind to yourself.
Yes I can relate to the idea of shedding and things being tainted. I am sorry you lived through that too but very happy to hear you came out the other side and are happy again. I am sure I will get there. Thank you ❤️
This was fascinating. The other day I was awake in the middle of the night rewatching some of your videos and I kept wondering to myself what it is about you and what you do that draws me in so much. Then, like a lightbulb going off, I got it. You are real. When we stitch with you it is real. You aren’t like most creators on YT who try to portray their life as something “else” or who are sterile. You are real, a real person. Thank you for that. I loved this video, every part of it. ❤ And thank you for being there in the middle of the night! (I miss my horses too.)
Thank YOU so much. I just do me, I can't do differently. Also I had lost sight of who 'me' is in recent years so it's kind of strange but lovely that RUclips of all places has helped me rediscover myself. Of course it's not really RUclips, it's you all. ❤️
Not a question but I saw a great quote for you, from Dr. Seuss:
"Nobody is youer than you"! 💐🤗
That's a good one ❤️
I could listen to you all day every day ❤
'Over an hour of wittering!' How could anyone resist? 😂 ❤
Dear Kathryn, this sort of chat was like being with a wonderful friend, wise, caring, thoughtful, inspiring. Thank you for sharing your work and thoughts. It's a real gift to know you. Hugs! ❤
Well this was lovely Kathryn. Getting to know you a little bit. Thanks for sharing.
You are very brave, and I don't mind watching the adds . Keep up the wonderful work and words you give us and thank you.
Thank you for sharing yourself in such a way with all of us today. We all have so much love and respect for you. I think there are many of us who have gone through something similar in our lives, so we know it can't be an easy road to finding a new, even better, normal. 28 years ago I left a failed marriage of 23 years and moved 2,000+ miles away with my two teenage children. With limited funds available, we mailed 20 boxes of belongings to our new home. We never missed anything we left behind. It took awhile to find our new "North" on our compass again...but we did and are all happy. I wish the same for you and your children. There are endless, wonderful possibilities ahead. ❤
Thank you Kim, I am so sorry you went through that but it's wonderful to hear that you and your children are happy now. ❤️
Thank-you very much, Kathryn, for being prepared to answer so many probing questions so openly. You're not obliged to; then it's all the more touching that you trust us with your very personal thoughts and feelings. I hope you have a gentle week. ❤
It's strange Jill since this is public but it feels like a safe space. Thank you ♥️
There's so much in what you shared that resonated with me, as I thought was likely. It's lovely and generous of you to share some of your personal life with us, and I appreciate that it might have felt a bit strange for you. To me it felt a bit like we were all sitting together in a cozy room, getting acquainted. Thank you, Kathryn, and I wish you well as you continue to find your feet in your new way of living. 💚
Thank you for the explanation of the financial ins and outs of ads on RUclips. I shall now happily go on a nostalgia trip to the days of TV (for me) and have an "ad break" and walk away when I do encounter them on your or anybody else's videos. It will serve for an exercise break instead and I can return as soon as I hear your dulcet tones! 🥰
Thank you 😊
Wise woman thank you , that was so interesting 😇love what you’ve done
and can relate to much of what you’ve said. Hoping you’ll continue to thrive creatively and get rewarded as you deserve. I very much look forward to each time you bring something to us your faithful audience.🙃
I loved your doing this video...open and honest.And I love you wittering !!! In this wittering is where I learn the most from you regardless of the subject. Please don't apologize for the things that you share! Much love to you my dear!
Oh Oh Oh. You are just what I need. Will I be sad without my stuff? NO! THANK YOU SO MUCH* LOVE TO YOU FROM ME IN IDAHO, Julie❤❤❤
Oh my goodness! Fredfred is almost exactly the same age as our kitty Rosie!! ❤
Thank you so much Kathryn - I am very grateful for all you share! So very generous of you 🙏🙏🙏🙏
You do look and sound much better….well better than some recent videos. Said out of love and respect of course.
I’m still sitting and hibernating ( we’re under a blanket of 12 “ of snow & ice and single digit temperatures (ferenheight). More to come for a couple months.
I haven’t decided what to take on as a project…no hurry here.
That’s the joy of giving yourself permission to do nothing. A mixture of decadence and total freedom! January is wonderful!
You are a beautiful soul. Thank you for sharing.
Hello Kathryn , thank you for your sharing and I wanted to let you know that I appreciate when you talk about how RUclips works because I am curious about that. Your bravery around talking about money is to be commended as I know from personal experience that it can be a very difficult thing to do. I hope you are going ok 🌺🌺🌺
I could listen to you witter forever! I often wish I lived in England so we could be friends. I am a year older than you and we have many of the same interests. Being an introvert makes it super hard to make friends, but I feel like you gave great advice about that.❤
I know the pain of letting your horses go. I had two for many years and I loved them with all my heart. We made a huge move to a place we would not be able to keep them. It tore my heart out to see them in someone else’s trailer leaving the driveway. It’s been years since then but I’m crying for them again now
I am so sorry, I am the same. My neighbour loaded my boy in the trailer for me, I couldn't do it. She knew him well as we were riding buddies. Broke my heart ❤️
You are delightful. I love listening to your wise, wonderful wittering! Thank you for being so generous with your time and yourself!
Please take us with you to the flea market! I would love to see what goes on and what is available. 1:01:56
I will do my best ❤️
Thank you . I will enjoy it and I am sure others will too if you do video it. If not, I will understand. Love your videos!
Sweet Kathryn, I love that you share your knowledge and you don't know how you've helped me and I will share with my daughter.....❤
Dogs and cats give more than their carbon footprints uses. Dogs teach us about love,and cats teach us about communication. Great value.
I absolutely agree ❤️
As children and young teens, my brother and I had a little mustang mare names Beauty. She was very smart, very gentle. My brother taught her to roll over, to play dead, to kneel, and to open her own water faucet to put water in the pail. When we moved into the city my dad had to sell her, because as you say it’s very expensive to board a horse. It broke our hearts to sell her, but she went to live in farm and the farmer’s children loved her.
It was very sad and painful to lose her so I understand.
My favorite books are Wind in the Willows and Pride and Prejudice.
I absolutely loved your wittering 😂😂 You are so brave ❤ thank you!
I love your crumbs of comfort❤❤❤❤ I miss my dad so much❤❤❤
This was such a lovely visit, Kathryn. Thank you for giving so much to us. Firstly, I read your "personality type" and was not surprised by anything except that you would be an extrovert. However, I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't part of your modus operandi when you were young and free. Although these traits are woven into our DNA, I've no doubt that the more complex creatives move easily in and out of their various qualities as called upon, leaving some behind as required. Isn't it amazing (human) how we can be immediately sensitive to the needs of others yet completely miss their most obvious flaws. Hence, devoting ourselves to a doomed relationship. You are a beautiful woman, so very wise and interesting with so much ahead of you and you have my great admiration and gratitude for having found you. Full steam ahead, with you at the controls!
I can relate to having too much & too many choices. I also hesitate to use some things because I know that it will fit the next project perfectly! Thanks for your enlightening talk.
I always was quite sociable and comfortable in large groups of people, I am a little more anxious at the moment but I think that is just symptomatic and not really me. About the doomed relationship, yes I did feel a bit angry initially that I tried so hard for so long when I 'should' have known it was pointless. Now I feel secure in the knowledge that I, at least, did everything I could to make it work. Thank you for being here Ann, lots of love ❤️
How I enjoyed listening to you today, I felt quite emotional at times, you really do have a lovely soul and I feel so sad for you that your life has taken such a horrible turn BUT you will get through these troubled times and come out stronger. We are very lucky to have you guiding and teaching us so many skills, I have enjoyed crafting along with you, thank you. Let’s hope 2025 is a much happier year for you 🫶🏻
Thank you so much Jean ❤️
Thank you for this, Katherine. So much to think about. 🌼🌷🌻Kelly
Thank you Kelly ♥️
Well holy moly. Those dreadlocks were worth waiting for! (Not that I did of course. I fast forwarded and the came back.😊) Gorgeous!! This was so much fun. I fixed a cup of tea and enjoyed every second of this little talk. Thank you so much for sharing so much of yourself with us.❤
🤣 that made me laugh 😁❤️
I can relate to the journey you are on. The main difference is the age of our children. My children were young. You will heal my dear and you are so correct when you say you are the loneliest when you are in the wrong relationship. That was me. I love your videos. You have taught me so much, thank you. I look forward to each new video. God Bless see you soon!
Oh boy Kathryn! You are truly a wonderful wittering gal❤ . Loved learning more about you.
Kathryn - you are a wise and wonderful and caring person and thank you for taking the time to answer fans' questions. This was a delightful hour spent with you and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. I sat at my computer desk with my feet up on the desk and leaning back in my chair. A hot cup of coffee in hand and my precious dog, Molly, a 2-year-old rescue American Foxhound in her bed by the sliding glass door with her getting the early afternoon sun on her as she loves. Thank you so much......... An hour well spent in peace and quiet and contentment as I listened to your wise words and delightful wittering....... with my precious Molly by my side.
That sounds lovely Susan, I am so pleased you and Molly enjoyed it ♥️
Thanks for that.☺️.. I didn't stitch for ages after my Mum died, even considerrd getting rid of my 'stuff'....then made 2 hot water bottle covers for my daughter's dogs and it cleared the blockage...I'm so grateful....looking forward to Part 2!😀
I so enjoyed listening to your thoughts as I stitched on my comfort cloth this morning. Nothing like a cozy chat, even if you can't hear the replies I mutter over my stitching. 😆💖
Hearing your replies would be lovely. 😁❤️
Your comments about ‘limited stuff’ really resonated. I’m ‘camping’ in temporary accommodation, between houses. Most of my fabric and journaling things are boxed and stored, so it’s been a real eye-opener managing with minimal supplies. I visited a friend recently, someone who makes beautiful, measured quilts, and she gave me some scraps - the joy and gratitude that I felt for that handful of pieces of fabric made me realise how I now value things differently. As a bonus, anything that I make using those scraps will forever be a nudge to remember the kindness of friends. Ps I also gather and keep free magazines from various sources and was even bold enough to ask if I could take one from the waiting room in the garage when my car was being fixed 😮🙂💚
Thankyou Kathryn, for your honesty, thoughtfulness and kindness in your Park Home .
It has been so lovely to hear all about your life.
I too have shrunk an inch after my recent health check here in the UK.
The nurse asked me how tall I was and I replied 5ft 6ins, and she replied, I don’t think so. I did know we all shrunk as we age, but an inch is a lot when not being very tall. For a while I was trying to stretch as I walked, which made me chuckle along to myself.
I have been thinning out my abundance of cloth and recently took quite a lot to my local charity haberdashery shop.
In the process I rediscovered many pieces of stitchings which I will more than likely tea and rust dye and incorporate in my comfort cloth.
Take very good care.
I live in the far east of the UK and yourself in the west, but would think seriously about joining a cloth stitching class/ weekend with yourself.
I recognise the overwhelm of lots of stuff, I have one drawer of fabric. My friends like it when I have a clear-out!
I agree making a clean break from a previous life is best. Move on, start afresh 😊
Thank you for sharing so much. Your ideas about storing away excess stuff and then “shopping “ in your own stash …..Brilliant!
Thank you...for sharing so much about your life. Thank you for creating this amazing community...I am experiencing such deep healing. And, by that I mean, I feel a healing of my creative self...an emerging wholeness that I think I have been seeking my entire life. I am so content with a needle and thread. Stitching connects me to everything alive.
That's so lovely to hear Candace. I am so grateful to my creative self too, I feel she can hold the rest of me together. ♥️
Sizin paylaştığınız her çalışma için teşekkür ederim. Ellerinize emeğinize yüreğinize sağlık ❤❤❤❤😊
Happy Greetings from Mona, Utah USA. Love the sharing time with you. So grateful for the stitches we share. The new adventures with stitches are amazing. Thank you for a fun adventure.
I just ❤ listening to you. Thank you
Another lovely video. ThankU so much for spending time with us, letting us peek into your world❤
Kathryn, thank you for this lovely chat with us. I haven’t purchased new clothes for years, I also shop mostly at thrift/ charity shops. As for not being ecos simply because you took a plane to get somewhere, remember that plane would be traveling with or without you on it. 😂
Thank you so much for letting us know you better….a growing friendship. 💖💖💖. PS. Your dreads were gorgeous. 🥰
Glad you're feeling better and lovely chatty session - thank you. Your dreadlocks were beautiful! I'm in the UK and would be interested in joining a weekend stitchy retreat. I'm in West Yorkshire, but would be happy to come south. I would be travelling by public transport though.
When I talked about retreats, I was thinking more of them being organised by a group and me being invited as a tutor, which is how I have done them before. I will try to remember to talk more about them next time, maybe someone has a venue or knows of someone who could organise it for individuals to get together. I don't think I could find a venue and organise everything myself, including accommodation etc. But who knows! Maybe once I am a bit more together, I could think about it. ♥️
Thank you so much, what an enjoyable video and how generous of you to answer so many questions and share your thoughts and feelings. I especially loved seeing your comfort cloth made from your Dad’s clothes and handkerchiefs, just beautiful and touching. I wish everyone who watched your video gave a thumbs up as views should match that number.🥰
Thank you Suzi ❤️
Thank you for being so genuine and sharing your life with all of us. ❤ I will likely never meet you in person but with videos like this it feels like I know you even better.
Hi Kathryn , I so enjoyed every minute of your Q&A video xx❤ thank you for sharing all your answers with us all xxx sending lots of love always to you , Stella & Fred Fred xxx xx ❤❤❤❤❤
This was lovely. Thank you for sharing 🌹
Thank you Kathryn - I imagine that could t have been easy for you. Keep doing what you’re doing and time will take care of the rest. ❤
Oh I love your dreads. I’ve always wanted to do that but now I’m too old…but I also like your twisting with the material in it. You are such a lovely person.
Thank you Vickie, I don't believe you are ever too old for dreads, or anything else for that matter 😉♥️
I’m sure you are right, however, from what I read online it takes a lot of work…I don’t have the time or energy. Also it talks about many products etc.
Yes, you need someone to maintain them, or at least, I did, I couldn't manage it myself ❤️
Loved the dreadlocks! Super.
Hi - I too love the film Yesterday - I think it's quite under-rated. Another film I love is Three Summers - again, quite gentle. Amazing how some films stay with you for a long, long time. Take care & best of luck in your venture. Dawn x
That was great fun. I enjoyed learning more about you with out getting too personal. Your horse and your hair is/was beautiful. Looking forward to the next one.💚💛💚
What a lovely treat to sit back and listen to you share your life with us all. Thank you......thank you.....❤
Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions. Your locks were super nice!
I loved learning more about you. Thank you for sharing. I love the comfort cloth from your dads shirts. It looks so calming. Also your dreads...love them
OH. I just zoomed in to look at your lamp. I love it. And then you said that about your kids getting it for you. Very lovely.
OMW! I love your dreadlocks! ❤
The dread locks are gorgeous.
It was nice to get to know you better. Thank you
Slow stitching and listening to you wittering. On are the best thank you
Hello from Manchester PA USA. I came across your channel from Kate at "The Last Homely House". She mentioned you awhile back. I enjoy your videos alot. I am new to quilting but have done many many crafts over the years. I took up watching/learning during lockdown in 2020. I haven't done alot but have made several jellyroll quilts. My goal 2025 is to work on quilts for my family, husband, 3 grown kids and 5 grandbabes. So this is going to be a busy year. I like your mantra....do something practical, something physical, and something creative. I work at a lovely spa 12 hrs/week just to socialize but mostly I'm a homebody. Well "I'm wittering". LOL I look forward to going back and watching your earlier videos. Have a great day!
Thank you Terrie, enjoy your busy stitching year, it sounds perfect ❤️
❤thank you for opening your soul and sharing with us. I felt your sadness and wish I was sitting next to you and reach out to hold your hand. Did you feel it? Funny but I have only been a member since October, but I feel like I have known you and the other members of our group for a long time. It is the warmth and comfort of everyone and the acceptance and inclusion of each person. I would say you have achieved a community but it seems more like we are family. And oh yes, I definitely would sit and watch reruns of Breaking Bad with you. Each time I go to Albuquerque for an event I want to do the Breaking Bad tour in an old decrepit RV like Walter and Jessie had, but no one wants to go with me. I have a feeling you would. Lol.
I moved to a new area and managed to join a local healthy walking group and I love it. A lot of people start on their own, as I did, but the group is about socialising as much as walking so it’s an easier way to start joining in.
I did look into it around here but the local ones don't allow dogs, a walk without Stella seems a bit pointless. I am so pleased you are enjoying your group ❤️
Thank you Kathryn. This is my first post as it has taken me a while to dip my toes into You Tube's pond. I was so excited in 2024 when you included several videos of different exhibits you visited or were a part of. I remember particularly the one where your pinnies were suspended in mid air and seemed to be dancing. Then you took us around the corner and pointed out a piece painted by one of your friends... Wood Nymphs dancing with abandon and utter joy. My mind put those two visuals together and ever since have thought the pinnies belonged to the nymphs who discarded them to move more freely and feel the sun and fresh forest air on their bodies. The pinnies, although laid aside temporarily, were still in thrall to the dance so they danced on their own. I in turn, am enthralled by the dancing pinnies. Do you have a pattern you can share? You are a source of joy and inspiration to us all. I am grateful. Denise.
Hello Denise, I love the idea that the wood nymphs threw off their pinnies to dance, I must tell Lucy who created the nymphs. I drafted the pattern myself on paper so can't share it but if you Google cross over apron you should find something. ❤️
One more reason I really enjoy your channel!!! I didn't know you owned and loved horses!! I was fortunate enough to have been able to own a horse that my niece now owns. All my favorite things in one place when I am watching you.
I knew i would enjoy the q&a and i thank you for being 'you' who i respect immensely. I could happily sit and listen to you all day - you have such a calming way about you ❤
Protagonist?? Hmmm yes to being 'altruistic, caring, and loyal and making the world a better place'...
Ohh I'm loving the dreadlocks btw ❤ and I'm burning a few sticks of nag champa, which always puts me in a happy place ❤
One of my favorite videos of yours to date, K3N! I have to say, when I saw "an hour of wittering" my first thought was YAY! I love your wittering. It is delightful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and life--I find it so inspiring. And thank you for your encouragement...I launched my RUclips channel with my own style of wittering today. I appreciated your warm wishes in getting started. Thank you for encouraging us all inso many ways--can't wait for your next video! with love from one of your many US friends
Yay! I just went and subscribed, I will have a watch tomorrow as it's past my bedtime here now 😁❤️
@ Thank you so much! Sweet dreams!
Absolutely love your videos and find you a inspiration and interesting artist. I also watch Marion's worid and also Kate at the last homly house. I feel as if I have wonderful lovely like friends in my weekly stitching group ♥️
That was so interesting, great to get to know you better as I spent alot of time "with" you! I appreciate and respect your attitude and the way you live your life, you are such an inspiration in so many ways.
Braiding Sweetgrass is spiritual and poetic.
Wonderful visit with you today, thank you so much for sharing your experience and thoughts with us. Enjoy your beautiful journey. 🪡🧵♥️
A lovely chat, thank you. I loved Breaking Bad too (all human life is there!), I came to it late so have seen only once - about time I watched again. Talking about time, About Time another favourite, and watch any time it appears on tv - as it did over Christmas. Love Domhnall Leeson ❤
Thank you Kathryn ❤ Love seeing you surrounded by colour in your home. Interesting that you like Back in time movie it’s one of my favourites and when you talk about your dad it reminds me of the dad in the movie. I also had horses and rode in pony club etc and had to sell my last horse before moving to another state in Australia it broke my heart . I have only ridden a few times since so I like to make it a special occasion like riding on the beach at Yeppoon Queensland and I have heard about a trail ride in South Island in New Zealand ( beautiful part of the world) that I will do. Family Sewing crafting is my passion for now. Doing a huge clean and repurposing or donating to charity shops now as we don’t need all this stuff, it’s very cleansing and I feel so much lighter and free. Now I’m waffling lol 😂
Thank you as always for being you and your authenticity (and wittering). And just a note that I understand RUclips will place ads on videos even if you don’t choose to place them as a creator. In fact, placing ads at the start and not placing mid cycle ads is the best way to minimise the ads for viewers (which is funny I know). But hope that may make you feel better about ads. Cheers, Christine 💙🧵🪡
Hello, Kathryn. So good to see you. Thank you.
Thanks for this, great video, good to get to know you better. Love the wittering xx
I just Love listening to you. 😊 Of course seing and doing work and stitching is wonder-full too. Thank you for sharing and prompting and kindly, easily, offering insights into process.
Your journey is familiar. Courage ~ I know, easier said than done.
I tried a "no-buy" craft year to de-stash and your ideas were very beneficial, and I am still doing some of the Wonky Wednesdays as they are enjoyable and I still have to use things up, and the Comfort Cloth project has been the most interesting so far, enabling me to continue in my "no-buy" plan. I would listen to the session of questions for the page of questions you did not get to, if you plan to continue to the finish.
Oh I so get the horses, I had them when I was younger and at 24 circumstances changed and I had to give mine up and I'm so the same, I'm now 63 and I can just now start to watch and look at horse stuff on the tellie. It hurts and I think it's my biggest regret giving them up, I still cry when I think about it, tearing up now lol so I know exactly how you feel ♥
Yes they really get under your skin. Hugs to you ❤️
Love love love the dreadlocks! 😊
It is a pleasure to get to know you better. Thank you for taking the time to share more about yourself. P.S. I think your dreads were beautiful❤
You speak my language 😊.
I have found to be grateful heals the mind and soul. I try to do that every time i am having troubling thoughts.
Yes, counting blessings, I do that too, it does help. ❤️
Thank you so much for your time and your lovely wittering and for so many things... I've recently bought Braiding Sweetgrass translated to catalan thanks to your recomendation, and I can't wait to start reading it. Of course, I could read in english, but it's easier for me ;) Thanks so much, lovely K3n! Hugs!
That was fun...I enjoyed the opportunity to get to know you better. We have Nag Champa and Wuthering Heights, among other things, in common! Thank you so much for all you share, Kathryn!
Also, I just read the info about protagonists...while we've never met from what I know that is spot on! I saw that Barack Obama was also a protagonist so in my opinion you're in pretty good company!! I just took it again and I'm a mediator. I think that fit me pretty well also. Apparently William Shakespeare was also a mediator but I'm not sure how they got him to take the test!😂
I saw Barack Obama too. 😁 Funny about Shakespeare, you always make me laugh 😂❤️
@@k3n.clothtales That's my plan my friend. It's pretty much all I've got.💗
But it's so, so valuable Michelle. I really appreciate it. ❤️❤️❤️
@@k3n.clothtales Aw, thanks Kathryn. ❤
Love the story about the sewing box. It was clearly there for you with the sewing items inside.
Thank you for sharing a lovely video with us♥️
Thankyou for sharing ❤your content always makes me think more deeply and to consider different perspectives on things. I am enjoying following your videos as they have encouraged me to take risks with my work and to explore outside of prescribed methods of doing things. I was introduced to Breaking Bad by my son, thought I’d hate it and loved it totally for all the reasons you describe. I’m enjoying the comfort cloth exploration, trying to launch myself into journaling and looking forward to next weeks videos 😊
What a brilliant session Kathryn. Really enjoyed it... Loved it all, thank you for being so open and sending much love xxx
Hello! I was surprised you like BB. I was living in NM when that was being filmed. It was a little surreal. I actually refused to watch it at first because who wants to watch something about the drug underworld? But the last few months that I was there, I decided to start watching it, and then returning to California that by the time I was caught up, they had completed the last season and I had to wait for it to come out to learn how it ends. It's been a long while since I watched it. I've not watched it again, actually, as you have. I remember not liking the ending that much at all. But then again, it had a lot of strange plot twists. Once I was back in California, I mostly enjoyed watching it to reminisce of Albuquerque, which is strange. It's not really much of a destination compared to other American cities. It's definitely quirky (Albuquirky).
Also to share, and this is a bit convoluted (!) my brother's former partner's sister is the wife of the actor who played the cop. Our families spent a Christmas together. He's actually a nice guy. I can't remember if he was still filming Breaking Bad. I learned that he went to Harvard. Kind of an odd mixture. Anyway, that's something I thought you would enjoy knowing! Have you watched the Better Call Saul series? It's supposed to be a spin off. It's on Netflix. I had started watching it, but never kept with it. Cheers ❤
Please watch better call Saul, it is as good as BB, I enjoyed every episode, it was brilliant.
Have you seen the follow up film called El Camino? it tells what happens to Jesse and it tied up the loose ends nicely for me. I have watched Better Call Saul and enjoyed it though it took a while to get into. That's cool about your brother's former partner's sister being married to Hank. His final scene in the series is one of my favourites. I have seen him in other things too, I can imagine he is a nice guy. ❤️
I loved BB and Saul but couldn’t watch after his brothers house burned. I kind lost interest.
@@k3n.clothtales No I didn't know about El Camino. Maybe I'll see if I can find it and watch it tonight?
Hope you find it ❤️