My name is Kay, and I live in beautiful, historic Savannah, Ga., with my husband Michael, daughter April and two dogs Chopsticks and Willie. For 25 years I worked as a full-time writer, reporter and editor with the Boston Phoenix, Soho Weekly News in New York, Money magazine and Savannah Morning News. Also, I was a regular freelancer for the Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cosmopolitan and the Los Angeles Times. In 1994, Michael and I adopteda beautiful 2-year-old from China, and I retired from the all-consuming, stress-provoking field of journalism. About three years ago, I discovered knitting and crocheting, and I haven’t put the sticks down since. I belong to a fun, fabulous group of stitchers at wild fibre, Savannah’s premier store devoted to the fiber arts. Recently I joined Ravelry (user name: Savannahkay) and started the Savannah Ravel Rousers group.
I love knitting and crocheting anything and everything (well, socks ~ not so much), but I’m especially fond of designing and making sweaters for my Yorkie and muse, Willie. You can purchase some of my designs at my Etsy store, www.mysavannahcottage.etsy.com, and I plan to offer plenty more free patterns here on my blog.
It was Ravelry that brought me to Blogland, despite my 15-year retirement from writing (remember that stress?) and my vow never to get involved with deadlines again (ditto on the stress). I’ve had a little success selling my knitting patterns through exposure on Ravelry, so this is the next step. I predict I’ll learn to enjoy the process of writing again, now that nobody’s making me do it, and for you, I hope there’ll be fun in reading my ramblings.
Enjoy!
Hello Kay,
I read your comment on my blog and wanted to say thank you for your kind words and patronage of my shop. I am happy to see you started a blog of your own. I never knew all these things about you. I look forward to future posts. Until then, see you @home. (that sounds so silly)
Best,
Liz
just a note to tell you how much I love reading your blog and seeing all your amazing creations.
Thank you so much, Liz. You can’t have half the enjoyment reading this as I have poking through your store when I can get downtown. And yesterday I got a parking place RIGHT IN FRONT!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to have missed you.
Hi Kay…
Was surfing for blogs about Savannah and was pleased to see your blog. I am a bit of a fiber freak myself — weave,spin, knit and crochet,etc etc etc — so it was fun to see that there ARE like-minded souls in Savannah.
I’m retiring from teaching middle school art next January and we hope to be down there in February. My husband and I fell in love with Savannah and are anxious to enjoy your southern winters, etc etc etc (we live in Albany, NY now.)
We are hoping to find a little one story bungalow in the city and will probably head down for a week this summer to look.
I’ve check out the wild fibre site and it looks like a great place!
Thanks again for your blog…
Suzy
Suzy,
Thank you for your kind words about my blog. I know you will love Savannah, and if you are looking for a one-story bungalow, you will probably end up in my neighborhood, Ardsley Park. It’s wonderful! Just don’t be put off by the hot weather when you come to look this summer. It only lasts a few months, and the rest of the year is terrific.
Hope to see you down here soon!
Best,
k.
Someone on Live Journal linked to your website with a ? about one of your patterns. I just wanted to say that your dog sweater patterns are so adorable they almost make me want to get a little dog!!!! (Although I think my 2 ginormous cats, thinking it were another cat, might eat a little dog.) Maybe I’ll make a couple for my niece’s Maltie.
Hi Kay! I linked to you from Susan B. Anderson’s Spud & Chloe newsletter… she featured a link for your Rootbeer Dog sweater on etsy.
I can’t believe how much we have in common! Would love to chat, so please drop an email if you can… kathybohanATyahooDOTcom I am also in Savannah! Have you checked out Unwind? Fabulous.