by Kat | Dec 22, 2025 | General, In This Moment
Greetings fellow Word Focus-er’s,
Next Monday, December 29th, will be our final word update for 2025. The link up will be up early and will remain open for the week. I am eager to read your final update for the year and I am excited to share with you how my word closed out for me this month!
Now for the changes for next year. First… if someone is interested in holding space for those of us who share our word focus, I am happy to pass the baton but I won’t be hosting a link up here and if someone wants to take over the link up, I will gladly join them but there won’t be a link up in 2026 at As Kat Knits.
I can’t believe we are just days away from 2026… this month has raced past, hasn’t it? I had wanted to get more things done than I had the wherewithal to accomplish… but it felt so good to let those things go. My “do” for today includes a bit of knitting and queueing up Holiday Inn to watch (and sing along with!)
Happy Monday everyone, I will be back on Wednesday with some making updates!
Header photo by SHVETS production
by Kat | Oct 20, 2025 | General, In This Moment
Hello, hello!
Yes, I am back from our trek to Erie and one thing a bit of time way does is make one appreciate home. I am happy to be back home… and although the time away was good, there is no place like home! We had practically perfect weather and Gudrun’s Hairst Hap Hood was perfect as well! I still need to add the i-cord edging around the hood but even without it, it is a most useful piece of woolen wear! I used it almost every day as we had some very brisk mornings! It was a fairly good break and Frankie did okay… he even managed a few walks in the park! (He does not like “new people” at all…but we were fortunate to have a few days with hardly any people on Presque Isle besides us!)
The fall colors were very “desaturated” thanks to the drought conditions PA has been having. It was sad to see most of the wetland areas bone dry and the lake is down a good bit as well. It was a rain-free week for us (which was nice for spending time outdoors but this week rain is in the forecast every day for Erie… and I really hope they get a good bit!)
We saw a plethora of wooly bear caterpillars, and lots of Great Blue Heron’s (this guy was very wary of us walking by but he did not budge) and Frankie finds being a “Murder Pug” exhausting… oy.
I have officially begun Baby Watch 2025! Heidi has roughly 3 weeks to go and a few weeks later (hopefully) Sam’s twins will be here! It is a very good thing that I managed to squeeze in some good knitting time while away! I have just ONE color to go on Heidi’s blanket!! The end is in sight and her “flock” sweater will begin as soon as the blanket is finished!
Now it is time for me to kick it in high gear and get some housework done… so I can get back to knitting! Ha!
And here is your reminder!! Next Monday, October 27th, will be the link up to share how you and your word did this month! Ten months down… hopefully, it was a good month! I look forward to your updates!
See you all back here on Wednesday!
by Kat | Jul 21, 2025 | General, In This Moment
As summer continues to be warm and muggy I am trying to stay in the present rather than dreaming of autumn. But the struggle is real! I really am over the constant hum of the AC… and, more honestly, I am so over the AC is running all the time electric bills!
I do have some family updates to share. My son and my daughter-in-law learned last week that their twins are girls!
And I can finally share some news that I have been keeping under my hat for some time now… my Heidi is also pregnant and due in early November. They are not finding out “what they are having” and they are working on getting ready to welcome another baby to their house! (but she is very happy it is just one baby versus the twins her brother is having… ha!)
Hitting the Nana Lottery is a very good thing! I am almost doubling the number of grandkids I have this year… from four to seven just like that!
Now for the reminder… next week Monday — July 28 — is our monthly word update! I will have my post up early and will leave the link up open for the week! I am excited to share with you how I did in July and I am eager to read about how you all did!
That’s all I have for today… see you all back here on Wednesday!
