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By: Kate Davies Designs May 26, 2023May 26, 2023 creativity, musicAmerican history, creativity, culture, music, popular culture, songs in the key of life, Stevie Wonder14 Comments

10 reasons to love ‘songs in the key of life’

my favourite album

By: Kate Davies Designs May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 amazing knitters, color, colour, creativity, knitters, knittingallover, amazing knitters, club, color, colour, colourwork, KAL, knitalong, knitters, knitting14 Comments

Allover winners!

congratulations to our amazing Allover knitters!

Balgy

a lovely walk in Wester Ross

Sand martins

the sound of spring

By: Kate Davies Designs May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Kate Davies, Kate Davies Designs, sheep, wool, yarnadvent, advent calendar, colour, colour compass, farming, lambing, lambs, lennox of lomond, Milarrochy Tweed, sheep, yarn18 Comments

colour compass: heads up

our new advent calendar is selling fast!

the Gauldrons

of bones and stones

learning from Loch Fyne

Scottish fisheries are part of a larger, global story

shop

Step on over to the KDD shop to find our exclusive own-brand yarns, beautifully produced books, patterns for hand-knitting, ready-to-wear knits, and photographic prints

about KDD

Founded by Kate Davies, we are a small creative company, publishing beautiful books, manufacturing our own woolly yarns, and creating wonderfully wearable designs for handknitters. We are based in the west of Scotland.

Tutorials

Need help with a technique? We have handy tutorials to assist you with everything from cutting your first steek to constructing a hap stretcher.

10 reasons to love ‘songs in the key of life’

By: Kate Davies Designs May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

creativity, musicAmerican history, creativity, culture, music, popular culture, songs in the key of life, Stevie Wonder14 Comments

my favourite album

Allover winners!

By: Kate Davies Designs May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

amazing knitters, color, colour, creativity, knitters, knittingallover, amazing knitters, club, color, colour, colourwork, KAL, knitalong, knitters, knitting14 Comments

congratulations to our amazing Allover knitters!

Balgy

a lovely walk in Wester Ross

Sand martins

the sound of spring

colour compass: heads up

By: Kate Davies Designs May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

Kate Davies, Kate Davies Designs, sheep, wool, yarnadvent, advent calendar, colour, colour compass, farming, lambing, lambs, lennox of lomond, Milarrochy Tweed, sheep, yarn18 Comments

our new advent calendar is selling fast!

west coast wonders

ten favourite coastal walks

the Gauldrons

of bones and stones

learning from Loch Fyne

Scottish fisheries are part of a larger, global story

a garden oratory

By: Kate Davies Designs April 7, 2023April 7, 2023

creativity, gardening, gardensconstruction, creativity, design, gardening, gardens, Mairi, neighbours40 Comments

a creative and contemplative space

Kernsary circuit

out and about in Wester Ross

Taking stock

By: Kate Davies Designs March 31, 2023April 1, 2023

knitting, photography, reading, writingAnne Whitehead, aurora, cyanotype, depression, Felicity Ford, Jenny Odell, landscape, photography, reading, Yarnadelic Remixes 0.111 Comments

a time to pause and tie up loose ends

Thoughtful design

like the human body, knitting is infinitely adaptable

knitting through change

By: Kate Davies Designs March 16, 2023March 16, 2023

amazing knitters, design, disability, knitting, writingamazing knitters, disabilty, embodiment, GPA, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, knitting, Lisa Payne, writing40 Comments

Lisa Payne shares the story of how knitting became a lifeline for her body and sense of self.

Allover is published!

Allover is OUT!

a quick note

By: Kate Davies Designs March 6, 2023

allover club, publishingallover, book, publishing18 Comments

Allover is here!

Mellon Udrigle

By: Kate Davies Designs February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

dogs, landscape, photography, walking, Wester Rossdog, dogs, landscape, photography, Scotland, walk, walking, Wester Ross28 Comments

of words and sounds