Cancer Can’t Hurt Bordi’s Positive Attitude

“When I first learned I had cancer,” said Catherine Bordi of Eastsound, “I was flooded with nameless emotions.” Of course, I cried at first. I didn’t want to lose my breasts. But for the most part I was buoyant.”

Deb’s Crown

Cat designed this hat for her dear friend, Deb. Many of you know her as the talented caterer at Cat's retreats. Deb brought me the hats and claims it is easily her favorite and she wears it all Fall and Winter. Of course, Cat made three different variations, but the first one has a fun little story and I reached out to her knitters to see if we could capture it and thanks to Maureen Carter, now we know!

Zen Garden Capelet

Women wearing rich brown capelet in garden

The Zen Garden Capelet is the first Community Pattern to emerge from Cat’s legacy, pieced together from material developed by Cat herself, and only discovered since Cat’s passing. This beautiful group effort was knit together by Cat’s glorious community all over the world.

Cat Bordhi’s Legacy

Cat Bordhi's Legacy

From Sivia Harding:

There is a problem with textile legacies–that being, we have no reasonable way to preserve, and be able to build upon, the substantial individual and collective work

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About this Website

ABOUT THIS SITE

Before Cat passed, I started working with her on a new site. Something that would be easy to navigate, would share Cat’s stories, and offer her community a place to gather.

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