Introduction

I hate introductions, but they always feel necessary, so here ya go. 

If you don't know me already, hello. My name is Katie. I'm an artist (mostly textile arts and photography but I dabble in other media as well), a small business owner (www.goblinko.com), a wife (to my business partner, Sean), a mother & teacher (I homeschool my three kids between 10-14 years old), and now a runner as well (did Couch to 5K under Covid lockdown and kept on running). I love movies and do a weekly Cinema Club roundup/review video on my YouTube channel. My husband had a severe stroke two years ago, so I live in a place called the Stroke Dimension (it's like regular life, but not), and my life feels limited in a lot of ways because of it, but I'm also a positive person always looking towards the future. 

In starting my new blog, I struggled a bit with what to call it, but ultimately settled on Running Stitch. Stitching and running are my two favorite things to do, and there is a hand sewing stitch called running stitch (it's my second favorite to use, after back stitch), so it seemed appropriate. 

Welcome, thanks for reading.