Sound Tracks and Movies, Kaffee and Kittens. Eileen gone swimming And watching my Chickens. Fabrics and Family and Learning new things A day full of Nothing,makes me want to sing! When the weeds grow When my plants won’t, When I’m feeling sad. I simply remember, my favourite things, And then I don’t feel so sad! ( sung in my best Julie Andrews voice) P.s. singing is one of my favourite things. What a happy post today! Thank you!

@thelasthomelyhouse

3 жыл бұрын

OH!!!!!!!!! I have pinned your comment so it appears first! I LOVE this - you are a genius! I'm going to sing it all day! xxx Thank you xxxxxxx

@beth12svist

3 жыл бұрын

That's brilliant!

@77sun222

3 жыл бұрын

Love this too. It's off the chart isn't it? Can't top it. Brilliant!!

@bettykasischke3665

3 жыл бұрын

Genius!

@elizabethmarquart5043

3 жыл бұрын

@@bettykasischke3665 so lovely and amazing thank you ❤️E marquart

I took a very early retirement 4 years ago when I was 60 years old. I love to wake up in the morning without the alarm clock. I love the long lazy days without any stress. I spend my days making quilts, reading and biking around in the town, just enjoying slow living.

@j_filippo

3 жыл бұрын

Karin - I am taking an early retirement May 1, 2021 and I can't wait to be in the world of no alarm clocks and traffic.

@karin8484

3 жыл бұрын

@@j_filippo i wish all the best for you.

@missmayflower

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes! Me too. All I longed for while working was a time when I could wake up naturally, without that alarm clock. Funny though, it did take quite a while to not have guilt if I “overslept” or if I spent a day that was not “productive”.

@karin8484

3 жыл бұрын

@@missmayflower I completely understand. I had to overcome the same quilt but you will learn to let the guilt pass.

@suzettewoolley5397

2 ай бұрын

Yes yes yes, I love the fact I can wake up with no alarms and enjoy the quiet to pray, crochet, handset, knit or embroider.

Dearest Kate, Watching your videos is one of my favorite things. You have such a serene and calming nature that brings joy. Thank you for sharing your life, skills, family and adorable critters with us.

@progressmatters9782

3 жыл бұрын

I could not have said it better

@cyndifoore7743

3 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@janetsmith3976

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my favorite things is the last homely house. It is just like sitting with an old friend. I look forward to every Sunday evening. Thank you Kate.

@carolg.6838

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I didn't know I was going to be sitting on the lime green sofa tonight. I like the creativeness and the making of things. It was nice to think of favorite things. Spring favorites: redbud trees in bloom and wood violets growing alongside plush yellow dandelion flowers.

@houseofnellie3502

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! !💕

I bet Kate would have been excited to know that in the future she gets to interview Kaffe and Brandon in front of her own quilt. Kudos for her for all her hard work to get that opportunity.

“You are never too old to learn something new” is something my mother always told us. Loved hearing you say this. I am 72 and I am still learning.

@PuffofSmokeStudios

3 жыл бұрын

yes your right and that keeps us young and fun xx

@marindaadamson8030

2 жыл бұрын

Kate, I so much love to spend time listening (visiting)with you. You are a great inspiration and from you I've learned so much. You are on my list of favourites...enjoy you wonderful and interesting life...

@sandrawhitakermyer4146

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! im 75😂

@margaretbinks2595

2 жыл бұрын

I’m 80 and I’m still learning, it’s what life is about I think.

@chriswilford3576

Жыл бұрын

That’s a statement I’ve always stated! I spent about ten years going to technical college doing numerous courses. I love learning new things all the time but I think the best has been learning to make quilts! As there are so many ways to construct patterns and all the different colour combinations it is a never ending learning curve. I’m 74 and hope to be learning for many many more years to come. And of course KZread is a wealth of information about everything you could possibly want to know and I use it almost daily. Thank you Kate for your contribution to KZread, it’s an absolute pleasure to spend time on the lime green sofa watching and listening to you, plus learning from you. ❤😊🐝🐓🐈‍⬛😻🧶🪡🧵🍀

You are so on point with saying that you are never too old to learn something new. I am 83 and learning Sashiko and finally got up enough courage to start hand quilting, thank s to you Kate, and I am absolutely loving it. I have got to start that mitered blanket next because I have tons of left over yarn from knitting socks. ......and you are my constant companion on that lime green sofa. Thank you for being part of my life.

Hi Kate~ Are you familiar with ASMR? I just have to say that from the moment you look into the camera and say, "Hello You Tube friends...", I feel a sense of peace and calm; between your laid back ways and delightful sense of humor and love of life...I am always so blessed by spending time with you [and the cats, of course]

@jeancole8638

3 жыл бұрын

You said it. I feel the same way. I love watching her and it is so calming,,thank you Kate,

@sueadams9364

2 жыл бұрын

ASMR really got my husband through some tough spots...so very thankful!

@gracepatane9384

Жыл бұрын

I love to go to the beach, or just to sit in the sun on my deck. I love all my craft projects - sewing, quilting, cross stitch, embroidery, EPP, knitting. I am new to your channel, but I am so happy that I found you! Thank You for the inspiration, Kate!💜

@christinewolf1797

5 ай бұрын

Ditto!

@patriciaberger5279

4 ай бұрын

I am so blessed that I found you on KZread! I’ve been binge watching all your videos! You have taught me so many things. Your calm presence is inspiring! Looking forward to the next time we meet on KZread!

I became teary when you described retiring and waking up with nothing to do. I’m retiring June 1 and can’t wait to be done with a 10 hour schedule and start some of the crafts I’ve been learning from your videos. We’ve sold our large house and are buying a smaller one in the country. There’s a small apartment over the garage which will become my craft studio and I won’t have to clear away my mess for fear of people stopping by. Thank you Kate, you’re a breath of fresh air.

@thelasthomelyhouse

3 жыл бұрын

OH! June will be here soon - you'll LOVE your new space xxxx

How do I darn my socks? I place them over the bin, say darn darn darn and drop them in! Lol

@lisapettit7334

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@irhonda31

3 жыл бұрын

That’s about how I fix things! 😂

@rachelburgener819

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve never darned a sock... that is with needle/fiber🤔🤪. But Glenys that works for me🤣🤣 ❤️😀

@karenmartin8204

Жыл бұрын

😂

“Waking up to a day full of nothing” has got to be at the top of my list of favorite things too!

I have a name for it now! Waking up to a day of nothing. It IS perfect.

@LadyoftheFarm

3 жыл бұрын

It’s wonderful!💜💜💜

My favorite thing right now is heading to New York to see my daughter for the first time since December 2019. My plane leaves Chicago at 2:20 tomorrow - less than 24 hours!!

@musicmexicanna6105

3 жыл бұрын

have a fantastic time together; family is so important now. I am thrilled for you.

Kate you are like a modern day mr Rogers🙂A calming,smart and accomplished presence to watch.When I was a stressed ,jaded and hardened teen I watched mr Rogers-he calmed me and reminded me the world isn’t always hectic and mean.Now I feel the same kind of things when I watch you.And I am always doing my projects when I watch too(beadwork,knitting)-so perfect for me!

@alysonbuttonstone

3 жыл бұрын

So, so true. You said it beautifully!

@carolg.6838

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Last night there I was stressed. I remembered there were a few KZread channels I would gravitate to in the past at such times. One was Kate so I turned on the episode of taking her mother's quilt tops to the quilter. I enjoy seeing people enthusiastic about making things.

@marybates5092

2 жыл бұрын

I find you so relaxing, hope your life is as calm as it looks

@dmf7358

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly who I've thought of when watching Kate's channel.

@lisawilson6574

Жыл бұрын

Omgoodnees I've thought this too!😁

I found your channel searching youtube for English Paper Piecing tutorials and ever since then I've been hooked! I'm a young mother living in New England and I put your channel on while I'm doing the housework and it makes it much more enjoyable! Even my kids now wait every Sunday for your videos to post, they love the cats!

@nothingbutthetruth2145

3 жыл бұрын

My story is very similar to yours. Is just fab isnt it!

@RhinoDNA

3 жыл бұрын

Same with me...except that I’m an old woman now. Not retired and never will be, unfortunately. But I love to live vicariously through Kate’s videos. I have done and enjoy doing most everything she does...except weaving. I also have 3 cats!

@MyQuiltProjects

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

Attitude of gratitude; knowing yourself and accepting and loving yourself without trying to be someone you are not; finding friends who accept you for who you are. I can identify with so many of the comments below that I am sure the group of us (when safe) would enjoying sitting in your pavillion keeping our hands busy in our favourite way and listening to your stories. I too was a thrower, but thanks to Arne & Carlos, have mostly converted to their "Norwegian knitting style", although it's nice to have both methods in your bag of skills. When you are determined to learn something, with time and patience, you can. I think your idea of making a map of your favourite things is great. Your woven scarf is beautiful -- I think it would be worth the effort to try and match the yarn -- perhaps we can all send you odds and sods of yarn we think might match. One of my favourite things is sitting with my knitting and watching your youtube video on Sundays. It feels like a community of like minds. Loved the story of your father escaping the party to watch the hens.

Oh Kate, l too am a retired nurse. I have to pinch myself to know it's real, not working to the clock anymore. Absolutely bliss.

I was quite the jet setter in my youth. Living in Seattle, Washington,U.S.A. I now live in a remote area in Wyoming, U.S.A. I truly love the smell of rain when it comes with thunder. I love that I’ve shed that city mentality and enjoy my days quilting and gardening. Who would have thought? I am enjoying your channel that I have recently found. You have such a soothing tone. Thank You for asking!

@karenkaren9526

Ай бұрын

I Love Wyoming.

Oh Kate, a fulfilling life of peace and contentment is just what this video is about. You so truly fill my ❤

Very sad to hear that Andrew from Fruity Knitting has lost his battle, love and prayers to Andrea and Madeline He was a true delight an amazing person and a knitting legend, slow but persistent, always had a twinkle in his eye and a caring smile, I am sure we will all, very much miss him.

Thanks so much for this prompt, Kate! It brought tears to my eyes thinking about my favourite things because I was reminded how wonderful life is. After a year of focusing on all the bad things happening to me and the world, it’s so good to bring some balance back to my perspective and to feel grateful. 💚

@thelasthomelyhouse

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! xxx that is how all these comments are making me feel - its wonderful! xxx

@lorettahenderson8979

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤

Family, music, knitting, dying yarn, dancing, hula hooping, beaches, mountains, goats, cheese, scrabble, cryptic crosswords... so many things. It's hard to narrow it down. I have a weird brain that not only craves certain food it also often hungers for a certain colour and I need to find something the colour I'm craving or I start to feel a bit weird.

My favorite things include: anything fiber-related (sewing, quilting, knitting, needlepoint), digging in the garden, walking in the woods. Color is SO important! Having several things on the go at any one time -- I'm never bored. Flowers. Falling asleep to the sound of rain. Watching you, Kate.

I love watching my hens. My girls are intelligent, most chickens are. Makes me happy to see them use those big feet XD My kids, my cats, my crafting, my work, my chickens, my garden. So much I love.

Watching your videos is definitely one of my favorites. Sometimes I watch them for several hours! You cheer me up when life gets me down. Thank you for that🌹

@patsyfoister684

3 жыл бұрын

She does put the calm in my day! Thank goodness for Kate!

Knitting socks, Malteesers, and a good cup of tea, walking my wee dog, candles, retirement And the list goes on... thankful to experience all the lovely things and beauty in this world.

Learning new things: I am a “thrower” when knitting and 70 years old who taught herself Portuguese purling, continental knitting and Norwegian purling over the last few months. Now I have multiple options depending on the project.

Good morning, my favourite thing is watching your videos, while I’m sewing.

I’ll give you one as I write this in July of 2024. I’m making an improv quilt, while I listen to podcasts and audiobooks, and watch videos like yours 🥰. It’s hard to put it down and do other things, or even go to bed!!

Yes yes, being retired from the alarm clock led schedule is a fantastic blessing. I’m 70 and treasuring these days.

@kitchenworker446

3 жыл бұрын

I am so jealous of anyone retired! I was suppose to retire at 60 ( this year) but then the govt moved the goal posts and I now have to work until I am 67. I feel sad as it wont leave me very many years of good health ( speaking statistically ) when I eventually do get to retire.

@cwfan2

3 жыл бұрын

I'm 72 and retirement is one of my favorite things.

@debbieduh2065

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, been retired for 2 years & I am loving it.

@maryanncasale87

3 жыл бұрын

I just turned 70 this month and am retired. I still can’t believe I don’t have a set time to wake up. I especially love leisurely enjoying my cup of morning coffee!

@lindahealey6992

3 жыл бұрын

Retirement provided so much-I don’t have to stop doing whatever I’m doing if I don’t want to, I don’t get all upset by the weather if it rains or snows on my days off because there are no “days off” anymore and I can wait for the weather to change, there’s time for just about anything that I want to do, so no more having to cram all things into short intervals of time, I can take breaks and not feel pressured, I suppose its the gift of your own time! My advice is to stay as healthy as you possibly can, because you’ll need mobility and energy more than ever when you do retire. And when you do, revel in it, you’ve earned it!

I believe that keeping a running mind map of things that we love and enjoy is a great way to not only boost morale, but to help us to be mindful of all that brings gratitude. Keep it somewhere visible, and always add to it when things come to mind. Even if you're having a good day, seeing all of the things that you enjoy written out can make it even better. I send care to all in the LGS/LHH community - I hope that you are all well, in all ways. Thank you, Dear Kate, for everything, as always. 💚

@rachelburgener819

3 жыл бұрын

What an awesome idea, thank you for sharing❤️😀

One of my most favourite things is being with friends who are equally creative which I miss terribly. Because they all spend time online for work, family, other friends they are all reluctant to do crafty things with me on zoom so I am actually very lonely tbh. Thanks for your videos Kate...just your weekly ramblings feels like being with my friends again. X

@musicmexicanna6105

3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you can do crafty things on the Last Homely House Lime Green Sofa Facebook page? There are others who love to do crafts. You can join in, we have a cozy sofa for everyone and there are tea and cookies going around for everyone. Virtual cookies so you can have them without having to diet lol.

One of my favorite things is having crafting time with my 7 year-old son. Right now he's learning how to hand sew a basic bag for his toys. He's so proud of his stitching & so am I. It's just absolutely wonderful to see his excitement for a craft that I love as well. ^_^

One of my favourite things is spending a half hour on Sunday on the lime green sofa with you and your KZread friends. Oh how I wish it were real. I get tears now when it ends, and I noticed you did too, and you miss Prudence. We’ve all been through such a long year and you have been such a great blessing to help get through it. Hang in there, Sisters. I’ll pass down chocolate, another favourite thing. It can help.

@TheSabinewalkden

3 жыл бұрын

Nice to meet you Missymayflower.

@debbieduh2065

3 жыл бұрын

Yum, thank you

@Katheverett

3 жыл бұрын

I wish it were real too! I’m right there with you!

@LadyoftheFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Awww super sweet... chocolate always helps thank you!🤎

@alysonbuttonstone

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I love the lime green sofa, as well. I like to think it's real in a parallel universe!

Hi Kate, for your scarf instead of darning you could try embroidery. A vine with strategically placed flowers over the holes or a pattern taken from your coat and placed randomly on the scarf. Thank you for your chats.

One of my favorite things is watching KZread and feeling like I have friends around the world. Also not having to wake up to an alarm clock and just going with my own flow is pretty awesome.

I love listening to you as I sit here on my front porch hand binding a baby quilt for a friend. I am also a MAKER, a title that I wear with great pride. So happy to join a fellow maker! Making makes my heart sing!

I think my favourite thing is simply making things - my life would not be so colourful if I couldn’t make.🥰

I love God, my family, the wind, baking, crocheting, quilting, wire work jewelry, trees (a special favorite), watching my neighbors’ chickens while i craft in my kitchen with a big window, cats , dogs, birds, ....actually this is not a complete list. I love many parts of my life

@lizzyleung5853

3 жыл бұрын

My list goes on,love nature ,animals and the sea.

Learning new things! Keeping my hands busy! Needlework, reading, paper crafting, gardening....my family and time together. My favorite things! Being grateful for all I have and being retired!

You most decidedly are one of my favorite people to watch. You bring joy to my life, so thank you.

it’s great to be retired, it took me two tries but the second time I got the hang of it..when I think of getting a job I tell myself a younger person needs that not me at 72

@patsyfoister684

3 жыл бұрын

Good for you! I did the same thing. Retired, then got another job after a few months, worked for about a year, one day said I've had enough, and quit for good last year. I am 68 now.

@sharonoconnor7769

3 жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to join the club!! Only 6 months away.

@sheilacripps9340

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharonoconnor7769 The time will go faster than you realize! Congratulations for your future retirement! Had to work from home last year from March on, I decided in May that I had had enough, I was due to retire next year. So, it wasn’t too much of a surprise for my boss when I called her and gave notice, everything was done electronically as we were all ‘working from home’. I haven’t looked back once! It will take a minute to adjust though.

One of my favourite things is sitting watching the breeze blowing through the leaves and making them dance on the branches,and my utmost is winter time when it's dark and my xmas tree lights are twinkling xx

Kate, I just turned 71, and retired about 7 years ago. I totally agree with your favorite things, but absolutely AGREE with your favorite of getting up without an alarm and not having anything that has to be done or is scheduled. I have to grin when my husband asks me what I'm doing today and I am able to say "anything I want to". He is quite agreeable and just smiles. We both keep very busy staying at home. You and your videos are greatly appreciated!

Oh, you really struck a chord with me when you mentioned waking up to a day full of nothing. Definitely a favorite thing!

So many favorite things, hard to choose only a few! Love you Kate and appreciate all your time you record for us. You're such a JOY!

Starting the video outside with your big beautiful smile is inspiring me to go outside and smile too! 😀 Your mood is contagious

@sherryalvarez5536

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

The community you inspire and invite to sit on your Lime-Green-Sofa to share life with, is one of my favorite things. Blue sky, my dogs, porch sitting, knitting and the ocean are also some of my favorite things.

@musicmexicanna6105

3 жыл бұрын

LOL I love your scrabble hounds handle ; may I ask what inspired this? You like words and dogs? Because I do like words and word games and I adore dogs.

@scrabblehounds

3 жыл бұрын

@@musicmexicanna6105 I love to Geocache. Scrabblehounds is my geocaching name. I love word games and I have three dogs. I especially love the app called, word chums. So I guess that is even more things that Are my favorite things.

By far my favorite thing if being with my daughter and my granddaughter. I’ll be 79 in June and retiring from the alarm clock was wonderful. I quilt and I love my garden I enjoy our Senior Citizen Center here. My favorite day is Sunday because of church and I get to see Kate and the last homily house. Love to all on the LGS.

One of my favourite things is listening to you and watching you create.

Weaving is now one of my favorite things, I just learned at the ripe old age of 83. I have also been a quilter and knitter with a little crochet thrown in.I also enjoy visiting with my you tube friends. It is never too late to learn something.

My 3 adult kids My 4 grandkids My JR dog 🐶 Sewing Patch working Crochet Upcycling Gardening Trees & wildlife Watching the last homely house on Utube. Listening to Kate Travelling around.

Dear Kate, I have to say that my list of favourite things would be almost identical to yours, with addition of my collie dog and painting pictures.While you were making your video, I was probably about 20 miles from you enjoying the same sunshine, while painting my gates! And that makes me think, that one of my favourite things is Northumberland, and certainly Holy Island. Your videos are a joy, and this last one brought a tear to my eye.

Listening to Kate's stories and watching her craft is a favourite; the smell of a garden after a soft rainfall, sitting near a pond and watching dragonflies and butterflies, tickling my grandchildren, reading the series: Little House on the Prairie (very therapeutic), Christian hymns played on an organ, hugging my grown-up kids, eating lasagna with a favourite person. I am grateful to God, the giver of life.

Music is one of my favorite things. I'm a church organist but really enjoy just playing for myself. Oldies, big band, pop songs from many eras. Quilting, knitting.... so many things! And watching your podcasts. Love it.

Pine trees and their smell on a warm summer day, soft colorful indie dyed single ply yarns and the fun socks and scarfs I make with them, my awesome nephew ☺️, vacationing in England, my best friend and how she makes me laugh and reminds me that I’m loved, my iPad 😄, swimming in a clean lake in the Green Mountains of Vermont, a quiet day relaxing. Can’t wait til I can retire in 2027 and no longer live by anyone else’s schedule.

I’ll probably add to this as we go but I moved away from London a few years ago and came to live in Kettering. I have my family here and I love it. So my first favourite thing is spending time with my family, three generations of happy, funny people. Wherever they, we, are there is laughter and I feel so lucky to have been able to centre myself here with them. In Northamptonshire we have a lot of red kites - raptors. You can see them high in the sky and they are beautiful. Yesterday I was in my sister’s garden, and a kite flew down low, I suspect to check what we were eating and whether there was anything for him :-). We could see his beautiful markings and how large and powerful he is. I love watching kites and birds of all kinds. I also really understand your idea of having a completely free day or two. Time to find yourself and just relax is in very short supply. I am just coming up to retirement myself, and having worked hard for 40 years in education, I am looking forward to trying something different that involves more creativity, freedom and time for thought. Thanks for this great vlog, Kate, I love hearing all about you and your cats and family.

I love a lot of the same things : my cat, being busy with my hands while watching tv or listening to something, my yarns and deciding what to knit of crochet with them, reading a good book, walking in the sunshine. A lot to be grateful for.

I love the Limegreen sofa, music and all the sounds of nature. Feeling the breeze and spending time with likeminded friends. Loved the time in the pavilion...thank you.

I love watching your videos and learning thìngs from you! When I worked, I heard others say they didn't know whatever they'd do when retired. I was looking forward to mine. I love to read my Catherine Coulter books, Counted Cross Stitch, sewing different projects, quilting, crocheting, a pinch of knitting, Movies. I used to cook a lot, but hard to stand over 10 minutes or so. Anyway, Ì'm never bored for things to do! I am 78 now, and a widow as of July 4th 2022. I used to love gardening, but that's out now. My dad was a farmer and I'd ride on the tractor with him. So fun, and I loved the smell of dark fresh soil being worked in.

Really heavy rain falling on a tin roof, primroses, tea and cake, the colour purple, a good old fashioned hymn, clear mountain water, gurgling of happy babies, my favourite film, hearing my husband come in the door, the list goes on......

One of my earliest and favorite memories: Me, as a very small child, standing at my mother’s shoulder. She is playing “My Favorite Things” and I’m singing it. 🤗

@LadyoftheFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Too sweet I love it!💜

Favourite things - ice cream- coffee with cream- watching the birds - listening to the pond - making hexies- knitting and writing to my pen pals. So many more things and thanks for reminding me how much each means to me

As you might expect, your subscribers are people whose tastes are identical to yours. I'm 68, I'm a quilter and I also like to knit, cross stich, sowing things on my vegetable garden, watching birds, playing with my grandchildren, painting.... Ah yes and I love learning new things everyday.

I listen to music all the time. I love the older songs like the BEE GEEs, Glen Campbell, Simon & Garfunkel, etc. I love to sew, and play World of Warcraft. I'm subscribed to about 300 KZread channels and enjoy watching them more than a scripted TV show or movie.

Cats, horses, gardening, cooking, knitting, quilting, crochet, tatting, cross stitch, flowers, chocolate, birdsong.. just to name a few :D

@LadyoftheFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Yes all that list!❤️❤️❤️

One of my favorite things is watching the birds at my bird feeder and knitting is another thing

Hello, my current favorite things in the stage of life I’m in is doing things that put a smile on my children’s faces, carrying on family traditions, trying new recipes and listening to the Follow Him KZread videos (with John Bytheway and Hank Smith) while I work on a sewing project and the littles play legos or magnet toys and the big kids are at school. AND of course, watching your KZread videos ❤️ Thank you! ~Andrea

My favorite things...reproduction samplers, tatting, cats, antiques, the birds at our local lake; saw my first loon last spring. We have a lot of gloomy days here in NE Ohio so I especially love sunny days with a blue sky with big fluffy clouds. I do enjoy being retired and not hearing an alarm clock. I love colors too especially tie dye; cooking, collecting lace and finger vases. There’s more but these are my favorites. I love your mitered square blanket but like you life doesn’t have the years needed to do everything. I used to spin and loved it but again is the subject of time. I would like to learn pottery to make some bonsai pots. And music, how can I forget music?

This was just the video I need this afternoon. My favourite things include my cats, tea, my hobbit hole workshop where I do my sewing for paid work and my own personal sewing, spinning, knitting, puttering in my herb garden.

@debbieduh2065

3 жыл бұрын

Love the idea of a hobbit hole

@joelleburdette642

3 жыл бұрын

@@debbieduh2065 there's a company in Maine, USA that build them. They're called Wooden Wonders. Excellent craftsmanship.

So many friends, who are all younger than me, by ten years and younger, say they are worried about me now that I am retired. They want to know what I plan on doing. I said and still say what ever the blank I want and when ever I want to. I, like you, always have something in my hand to work on and love it. Love getting up when I want and going to bed when I want. I also like not being responsible for anything but me and my pets. I was an Early Childhood Educator and to this day I still have bad dreams of things going wrong with the jewels I was in charge of. It didn't feel as bad when I was working as it seems in my dreams. I love watching your videos and being on the lime green sofa.

@debbieduh2065

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the years you taught young children. I was a children's social worker at one time & also director of a women & children's shelter, it was the early childhood educators that changed young livesfor the better.

@janetburgess5781

3 жыл бұрын

@@debbieduh2065 thank you

- Being at the seaside, - The song: "Kisses sweeter than wine" by Peter, Paul and Mary - The more than 2000 daffodils in my garden which I planted 12 years ago so that I can feel the last lines of Wordsworth's poem: "And the my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils." Dear Kate, thank you for your stunning videos, they also fill my heart with pleasure.

Here I sit on the lime green sofa (yup it's made it to the middle of Canada) thinking that it's amazing how your favourite things are mine too - with the added favourites of wood carving (by hand not machine) and my homemade stewed tomatoes from my garden. I also really, really like a good discussion (some call it arguing) that's intelligent, insightful and full of vigor and just generally using my brain. Thanks for you, Kate. Stay well.

Yes, you're right, my favourite things just happen to be numerous crafts but especially sewing. I love quilting. At the moment I'm making a double sized hexagon quilt for my bed. Today is my 65th birthday and I've had some beautiful presents from my family including a floor standing quilting frame. Thanks for another fab video Kate. ❤️

@TheSabinewalkden

3 жыл бұрын

Wish you a very Happy Birthday Annie. XXX

@anniegreen4205

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSabinewalkden Thank you. Xxx

@rachelburgener819

3 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏 Happy Birthday ❤️😀

@anniegreen4205

3 жыл бұрын

@@rachelburgener819 Thank you. X

Walking with my dogs out in nature and watching them galavanting off leash, revelling in just being alive.

@LadyoftheFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Such true magic of being live!💜

@Carol-cc8tx

3 жыл бұрын

A joy every day to see my dogs running around the fields and listen to the birdsong. Music, books, jigsaws, catching up on all Kate's videos, and now being able to mooch around charity shops again and plan a trip to walk my dogs on the beach and find the best coffee icecream .

Just watched this on a wonderful lazy Sunday afternoon..About Bees..Sue Hubbell (favorite author, one of ) Was a library manager at Brown University, (one of our finest) , she took a year and moved from east coast to a farm in the Ozarks of Missouri..The Book "A Country Year" tells of her adventure raising bees, supplementing her income renting out her bees to farmers and the process of living on the land..You might enjoy.

@lifeofjoy9404

11 ай бұрын

Yes, Joanne! That is a marvelous book!

I have 8 girls and a guard duck. I love watching my hens and love when they till a space in my garden. Blessing from Gadsden, Alabama USA

Luv you Kate, you make life so much better

I know exactly what you and your dad mean when talking about social functions. I too have always hated them. When I was younger I used to live in Hebden Bridge and would be persuaded to go out for a drink with friends to the pub. After a time I would always feel like I had had enough and would quietly dissapear off into the night. ( I found it easier to leave without saying anything as if I did say I was going there would be some friends who would try to persuade me to stay longer) As a result my nickname became "Urban Fox"

@vivsalittlebitcrafty4854

3 жыл бұрын

I hear you Jan. I really believe I've become quite anti-social!! and not due to the last year's events!!

@kitchenworker446

3 жыл бұрын

@@vivsalittlebitcrafty4854 Im not prepared to admit to being anti social! We are just the sort of people who become overwhelmed after a while in social situations and need to go off somewhere quiet and re charge as the social settings can feel quite exhausting. I am proud to say I am an introvert!!!

@vivsalittlebitcrafty4854

3 жыл бұрын

@@kitchenworker446 Yes Jan, you are right, introvert is a much better description.

@eileenmc8808

3 жыл бұрын

@@kitchenworker446 That's me too, all the way. I often dread get togethers, etc. and then will have enjoyed myself after they're over but I find this getting even tougher as I get older. I admit lockdowns and distancing hasn't been as hard on me as others who need more social contact. I feel these Visits with Kate are great for us "I" kind of people! EM 🌞+☔=🌈😊

@kitchenworker446

3 жыл бұрын

@@eileenmc8808 Yes I agree totally.

Some of my favorite things....beaches, the seaside, sewing, gardening, cooking and baking, reading good detective novels, Smarties, dogs, Sheep/wool, rocks, beaches, Cadbury's milk chocolate, listening to my fav music, spring and autumn. At 74 years young, I never stop being curious, which seems to bring me new and interesting things to explore.

Painting pictures, sewing gifts, cats in the art room, embroidering with my Son as company, You Tube and hot tea.

Today, I thought how I love my hands as well... stiching, knitting, gardening, making fermented foods or dehydrating things from my garden. I thank God for my hands and you, such a lovely companion.

On the heels of reading the terribly sad news from Andrea this morning, it's so uplifting to hear you enumerate all the wonderful things of everyday life and remembering not to take them for granted ❤

Kate here are a few of my favourite things and thank you for sharing yours-------Like you waking up knowing i have the day to do anything or nothing , sitting up in my cosy bed having my cup of coffee and slice of toast and admiring the fantastic view through my bedroom window, every season a different view down the mountain. Playing trad music with my friends in a cosy session and having a sing song by the fire . ----a bar of salted caramel chocolate---pesto---homemade chicken/veg soup--sourdough bread----meaningful conversations with "thinking "people---scenic drives---listening to documenteries on fadio---period films----reading----my home----and of course my family.I should leave it at that , i go on a bit.!!

I am a process over product crafter. It’s the slow even progress, the repetition, seeing your creation grow and come to life. I’m in a busy season of life with my children still young and close to age. But when I have a minute I still create, but when I don’t I’ve started to really love your videos ❤

If you can’t darn, why not appliqué, that’s what I do!

@debbieduh2065

3 жыл бұрын

What a good idea

@dianatennant4346

3 жыл бұрын

Applicating would still make this a useful scarf to go with your coat and maybe add some pops of color. Also have trouble with mothes. I'm thinking of getting some pheromone traps to set around closets and storage areas. They seem to be safe for animals and things may start trying to use those maybe a suggestion for you too with all your fabric and yarn. I found them on Amazon after being referred for pantry moths. I don't know haven't tried it yet seems like the pantry moth one works pretty well. Now on to the closet

I throw when I knit, just the way that I was taught. And I teach children at school to knit that way, too! Throwing the yarn will live on! You SHOULD do an anniversary spinning episode...that would be perfect. 💗 Quiet time on the lime green sofa knitting or cross stitching while watching you is one of my favourite things.

@christinehyslop7105

3 жыл бұрын

I throw when knitting too, works for me and I can’t do it differently

@musicmexicanna6105

3 жыл бұрын

I was throwing all my life until I saw Arne&Carlos on KZread. And within a few hours I was knitting in the Norwegian style and it is so much more comfortable. Like Kate says, learning new things isn't always a bad thing. I knit and can knit for a longer time now and I have learned to do colourwork and it is amazing. I thought I couldn't learn it ever and thanks to some simple youtube videos I can! And I am learning Spanish, going to Mexico and I love it. All on the ripe old age of 66 (almost 67) I love knitting and cross stitching; made a lot of cross stitch things in my lifetime. Watching Kate is also one of my favourite things.

Digging in the dirt, flowers and veggies. Crocheting, embroidery, sewing and quilting. My cat and our dog. And most of all my husband and our grown sons and their families. Being retired and able to do as I please on my own good time.

@LadyoftheFarm

3 жыл бұрын

That all sounds so wonderful...I wish I had been married💜

Finding your site is helping me see that everything can be a good thing instead of a hardship. Making everyday a better day will help my mood.

You, Kate, are one of my favourite "things"!

You mentioned in a previous vlog that the seats in your pavilion are from a Little Chef cafe. If they are from the one between Haydon Bridge and Haltwhistle, then I have probably sat on each and every one of them. We lived in Acomb and each week I used to take my daughter to Rainbow Guides in Haltwhistle. On the way home we used to stop and have tea at the Little Chef; it was our weekly treat. Happy days.

Oh gosh, so many similarities, Kate ('cept I've never attempted weaving or spinning, having a 6th sense that told me it'd be a tad slow for impatient me!) But .... making rag rugs is a passion (listening to British plays on the internet) manipulating recycled fabric into 'stuff', my cats, music, walking on the beach, living by the sea, proper coffee in a cafe with a friend, libraries, making compost, growing vegies and enough flowers for the house, the Internet - computer word games (yes, there's an addiction right there!) And SO true, waking up with a blank slate & a big mug of tea in bed is fanTAStic, my fave time of day with my 'appreciation' notebook ... oh yes, and opening goodies from your shop from time to time! LOVING the badges, which have been handed out to lots of creative people around the place, squeal of delight from a chicken loving friend and a beekeeper :) Nearly forgot - your videos, of course, guaranteed to spark a bit of creativity ♥♥♥

I hope you will include some lambs in one of your future videos!!! Your knitted blanket is so cheerful! By the way, your sound is perfect and the picture is as clear as a bell. Favorite things: family, friends, fairness, equality, somehow making others lives better , reading and at 73, I still love video games!!!

I would so love to be able to sit in the pavilion with you doing some embroidery and just chatting the day away, and having the cats come in and sit on my lap. I so miss my animals. I also love chickens, and when I had them in S Africa, could sit for hours listening to them and watching them. Thank you for bringing these memories to the fore

@083purplecola

3 жыл бұрын

I have told my husband so many times that if I were to have a "bucket list", it would simply say "Spend time with Kate, face to face". What a lovely human being she is! I am crazy about chickens myself; they would be a bonus!

@LadyoftheFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Awww I am sorry you miss your animals...all I have are my animal family and can’t imagine them not here...they are all so special as you very well know🤗

@phyllismurray525

3 жыл бұрын

@@LadyoftheFarm Yes my pets were all very special, but since moving to Ireland I am living in a rental property and the landlord does not want animals here. I can understand hat, as we have farms with sheep and cattle all around us, but I do miss not having a pet. I feed all the feral cats, though lol

@LadyoftheFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@phyllismurray525 awww bless your sweet heart! I get it! I don’t understand that rule either! It sounds like you live in a very magical place! I live in Tennessee and wish I could move to the UK but the reason I never endeavored that was because of all my animals...

@phyllismurray525

3 жыл бұрын

@@LadyoftheFarm My late husband and I left South Africa because it was not a safe place to stay anymore, so hard choices had to be made. I did bring one of my cats with me, but she has subsequently passed on. Luckily I have two stray cats that come and get fed here, but they go their own way after food. Typical cats lol lol. The one is really friendly, so I do manage to get a cuddle in every now and then. Bantry in Ireland is the most beautiful place on earth, and I feel very lucky to be able to call this place home. I am very very blessed

So many of your favourite things that are mine too! I'm a retired nurse, with grown up happy healthy children and I'm grateful everyday for some time to plan as I please ...all crafts, gardening...counting my blessings. Thank you...have a happy week x

Favorite things-Knitting, music and dancing, and especially family❤️

Definitely watching last homely house one of my favourite things craft fairs, walking with a cup of coffee. family, my cat crumpet Lying in bed reading a good book

Like you, l love living near water (I have a distant view of the San Francisco Bay from my deck). You’ve inspired me to sit for a minute and make my own list. Thank you, Kate.

I think for a lot of us a favourite thing is a new Kate Video! And my list is very much like yours as well as a really good book! I have found through these lock downs (on another 6 weeks in Ontario) that the creating is the important part. I keep starting new projects, and I’m ok with that. Just keep going, just keep creating.

A Breeze on a Sunny day, a rainbow after a storm, a new set of craft supplies, cats and dogs and critters, lunch with friends, dinner with my spouse, and knowing my children are well.

@laurastone9315

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! This.

I love your chatting with you and the others, too. and other crafts that you have. . its look like I’m talking with a close friend- you ARE a great friend. Thank you, Kate! good day!