Cat Bordhi

Cat Bordhi (1951 – 2020) was a teacher, author, and knitting expert.[1] She changed how people knit socks and scarves.[2] She was very influential in the knitting community. She self-published books that opened up a very closed and tightly controlled knitting publishing industry.[3]

She also wrote a novel called Treasure Forest. It was a Nautilus Book Award winner in 2004.[4]

She was born 2 March 1951 in San Francisco, California. She died 19 September 2020 at home in Friday Harbor, Washington. She was 69 years old.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosman, Katherine (2020-10-08). "Cat Bordhi, Who Challenged Traditional Ways of Knitting, Dies at 69". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  2. ↑ Oregonian/OregonLive, Mary Mooney | The (2014-10-14). "Favorite knitting books: What are yours?". oregonlive. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  3. ↑ "Remembering Cat Bordhi". Knitter's Review. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
  4. ↑ "You are being redirected..." sanjuanislander.com. Retrieved 2020-10-10.