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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 stitches19 Comments

Carp-beth

a twist on an old favourite

talking twisted stitches

A conversation with inspiring Thea Colman

By: KDD November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 design, knitting, makingcardigan, design, grey, knitting, landscape, ooskit, Scotland, Scots, steek, steeking, steeks, twisted stitches, yarn13 Comments

Hirne

A cosy nook or corner

By: KDD November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 design, Kate Davies Designs, knitting, twisted stitchesbraid, braids, design, headband, knitting, Quirl, twisted stitches8 Comments

Quhirl

A simple, encircling headband

Esk

a pair of cosy slippers

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

using the Twisted Stitch Sourcebook

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

By: KDD November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 disability, strokeableism, disability, judgment, stroke86 Comments

“you’d never know”

what not to say to someone who has had a stroke

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.

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 stitches19 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, stroke86 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?”

Gruggle

angles, corners, cowls

kaleidoscope

By: KDD October 26, 2021October 26, 2021

design, History, Kate Davies Designs, knitting6 point crown, david brewster, hexagon, kaleidoscope, reflection, reflective symmetry, star, symmetry12 Comments

playing with reflective symmetry

blocking Easwas

thinking in three dimensions

Claire in Easwas

By: KDD October 23, 2021

textilesClaire, design, easwas, hat, horkel, ooskit, size, yarn9 Comments

sorry Claire, the hat is mine!

easwas

A hat of beams and rafters