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the colour of questions

Colour by Ella

Shetland shades sing in harmony in the work of Ella Gordon

the man in the white suit

Ealing’s impossible dream of the cloth that lasts forever

colour confidence

Flora Collingwood-Norris talks colour

lady in a green dress

the shifting fortunes of a changeable colour

By: Kate Davies Designs January 18, 2023 allover club, color, colour, Shetlandallover, allover club, color, colour, creativity, design, Donna Smith, knitting, palette, Shetland, yarn13 Comments

“where our brains and the universe meet”

Donna Smith talks about colour

Colour and feeling

Designing from the heart with brilliant Janine Bajus

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.

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the colour of questions

Colour by Ella

Shetland shades sing in harmony in the work of Ella Gordon

the man in the white suit

Ealing’s impossible dream of the cloth that lasts forever

colour confidence

Flora Collingwood-Norris talks colour

lady in a green dress

the shifting fortunes of a changeable colour

“where our brains and the universe meet”

By: Kate Davies Designs January 18, 2023

allover club, color, colour, Shetlandallover, allover club, color, colour, creativity, design, Donna Smith, knitting, palette, Shetland, yarn13 Comments

Donna Smith talks about colour

In Living Colour: A Matter of Life and Death

My favourite British Technicolor film

Colour and feeling

Designing from the heart with brilliant Janine Bajus

Magenta matters

the shade that soaks up meaning

a year in knitting

By: Kate Davies Designs December 23, 2022December 23, 2022

allover club, amazing knitters, color, colour, creativity, design, Kate Davies Designs, knittingbrilliant knitters, creativity, design, knitters, knitting, making, sample knitting, test knitting15 Comments

Celebrating the colourful, creative labour of the KDD knitting team

A creative year

thank you for being there through 2022

Carrot

a tale of palate and palette

The colours of Norwegian knitting

Eli Leistad introduces us to colourful combinations, old and new

Wilson green

Colour at work

Colour at the woolbrokers

a symphony of Shetland shades

goodbye, dear friend

By: Kate Davies Designs December 1, 2022December 1, 2022

Bruce, Brucebruce332 Comments

We had to say goodbye to Bruce yesterday