{"id":12,"date":"2025-07-23T16:25:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:12:20","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0730-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82\" style=\"width:291px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0730-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0730-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0730-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0730-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0730-1320x1760.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/bluewatercatstitches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_0730-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Welcome! I&#8217;m Kat, a native Michigander currently living in Northwest Michigan. I&#8217;ve been knitting and crocheting since 2014, and started Bluewater Cat Stitches (BCS) in 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I&#8217;m not stitching, you can usually find me reading, hiking, gaming, helping with invasive species removal, or chilling with the cats somewhere in the sun!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Formerly a librarian and currently a web developer, I actively try to raise awareness about efforts and issues that are close to my heart led by these organizations and groups: <a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/\">PEN America<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftrf.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ftrf.org\/\">Freedom to Read Foundation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/\">the Trevor Project<\/a>, and conservation programs around the state, including efforts to protect and raise the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatlakespipingplover.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.greatlakespipingplover.org\/\">Piping Plovers<\/a> population and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/conservation_stewards_program\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/conservation_stewards_program\/\">Conservation Stewards Program<\/a>. When I&#8217;m able to, profits from BCS sales get donated to these different groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find BCS in the Wild<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, I sell knit and crochet goods at two local shops in Cadillac, MI: Wildflour Bakery and Michigan Coffee Co. I also demonstrate and sell at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/thingstodo\/port-oneida-fair.htm\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/thingstodo\/port-oneida-fair.htm\">Port Oneida Fair<\/a> in Maple City each August. New as of 2025, I am now a vendor at the McBain PTO fair, which occurs at the end of November!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome! I&#8217;m Kat, a native Michigander currently living in Northwest Michigan. I&#8217;ve been knitting and crocheting since 2014, and started Bluewater Cat Stitches (BCS) in 2021. When I&#8217;m not stitching, you can usually find me reading, hiking, gaming, helping with invasive species removal, or chilling with the cats somewhere in the sun! 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