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By: KDD January 8, 2022January 8, 2022 Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, landscapeArgyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, knitting, landscape, photography, Scotland, snow, winter40 Comments

preparations

getting ready for the club . . .

onward

beyond a challenging year

a postcard from Argyll

how do we look at a landscape when there might seem to be nothing to see?

now we are five

a word from Bruce

Loch Shiel

the ancient heart of a community

By: KDD December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 design, knitting, twisted stitchescarbeth, carp-beth, design, knitting, Norah Gaughan, pullover, Thea Colman, twisted stitches26 Comments

Carp-beth

a twist on an old favourite

talking twisted stitches

A conversation with inspiring Thea Colman

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 sustainable 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.

preparations

By: KDD January 8, 2022January 8, 2022

Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, landscapeArgyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, knitting, landscape, photography, Scotland, snow, winter40 Comments

getting ready for the club . . .

picturing Inveraray

looking at a made place

onward

beyond a challenging year

a postcard from Argyll

how do we look at a landscape when there might seem to be nothing to see?

now we are five

a word from Bruce

Loch Shiel

the ancient heart of a community

Carp-beth

By: KDD December 3, 2021December 3, 2021

design, knitting, twisted stitchescarbeth, carp-beth, design, knitting, Norah Gaughan, pullover, Thea Colman, twisted stitches26 Comments

a twist on an old favourite

talking twisted stitches

A conversation with inspiring Thea Colman

Hirne

By: KDD November 28, 2021November 28, 2021

design, knitting, makingcardigan, design, grey, knitting, landscape, ooskit, Scotland, Scots, steek, steeking, steeks, twisted stitches, yarn13 Comments

A cosy nook or corner

Quhirl

By: KDD November 19, 2021November 19, 2021

design, Kate Davies Designs, knitting, twisted stitchesbraid, braids, design, headband, knitting, Quirl, twisted stitches8 Comments

A simple, encircling headband

Esk

a pair of cosy slippers

using the Twisted Stitch Sourcebook

By: KDD November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

creativity, design, knitting, twisted stitchesdesign, fabric, hand-knit, hand-knitting, knitting, Norah Gaughan, texture, twisted stitch sourcebook, twisted stitches, twists18 Comments

how to get the most out of this generous, accessible, and inspiring book

“you’d never know”

By: KDD November 9, 2021November 9, 2021

disability, strokeableism, disability, judgment, stroke87 Comments

what not to say to someone who has had a stroke

jinkies

high jinks!

flow

swatching is a bridge to somewhere else

twisted stitch disambiguation

What are “twisted stitches?”