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two new projects

By: KDD April 27, 2021April 27, 2021

books, design, feminism, History, Kate Davies Designs, publishing, textiles, women, writing, yarnbluestockings, book, club, collar de pilar, coofle, eighteenth century, eighteenth century history, eighteenth century women, elizabeth montagu, elizabeth montagu correspondence, emco, feminism, inkle, inkle loom, inkle weaving, inkling, inklings, Land o' Cakes, nicole pohl, phillis wheatley peters, projects, publishing, the bluestocking club, Treit, women writers, women's writing, yarn, yorlin47 Comments on two new projects

News about Inkling, and The Bluestocking Club

black teacher

By: KDD April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

books, clothing, publishing, textiles, women, writingbalance for better blanket, Beryl Gilroy, black women, blanket, Darla-Jane Gilroy, Felicity Ford, Paul Gilroy, women, women writers, women's history, writing22 Comments on black teacher

Celebrating the work of a trailblazing black British woman writer

changing direction

By: KDD April 18, 2021April 18, 2021

design, knitting, makingconstruction, cuff, heel, history of socks, hose, kilt hose, knitting, method, sock knitters, sock knitting, socks, sole, stockings, technique, toe, toe-up construction, top-down construction84 Comments on changing direction

there’s no “best” way to knit socks, but which way do you prefer?

other people’s stories

By: KDD April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

books, criticism, Family, memory, photography, review, writingbooks, family, George Szirtes, Laura Cumming, memoir, memory, narrative, photography, review, Samantha Clark, time, writing12 Comments on other people’s stories

On time, memory, and what it means to tell someone else’s story.

creature feature

By: KDD April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

craft, Crafting Futures, creativity, making, masks, mexico, patterns, process, Scotland, Shetland, weavingcadaver exquisito, Crafting Futures, creativity, creature, culture, ideas, knitting, making, masks, material culture, mexico, pattern, performance, Pilar Obeso Sanchez, process, ritual, Scotland, thinking, weaving20 Comments on creature feature

some of the thinking behind the making

¿Quieres bailar?

By: KDD April 11, 2021April 11, 2021

art, beasties, craft, Crafting Futures, creativity, folk art, making, masks, mexico, textilesart, creativity, creature, dance, folk art, making, mask, mexico, process, Scotland, wool66 Comments on ¿Quieres bailar?

Are ye dancin?

behind the mask

By: KDD April 10, 2021April 10, 2021

art, craft, Crafting Futures, creativity, making, masks, mexico, play, process2020, art, creative process, creativity, felt, making, masks, mexico, needle felting, pandemic, process, project, slow process, time, wool, work16 Comments on behind the mask

accepting that not everything works out is key to the (slow) creative process

work in progress

By: KDD April 9, 2021April 9, 2021

collaboration, Crafting Futures, making, masks, mexico, play, textilesApplied Arts Scotland, collaboration, Crafting Futures, creativity, design, making, masks, performance, play, ritual11 Comments on work in progress

A creative collaboration celebrating performance, parody and play

reflections on My Place

By: KDD April 4, 2021April 4, 2021

blogging, creativity, My Place, textiles2020, 2021, 2022, blogging, blogs, challenge, change, competition, creativity, design, media, My Place, newsletters22 Comments on reflections on My Place

The My Place project illustrates how a challenge might turn into a creative opportunity

blogging, creativity, My Place, textiles2020, 2021, 2022, blogging, blogs, challenge, change, competition, creativity, design, media, My Place, newsletters22 Comments on reflections on My Place

an airy sweater

By: KDD March 30, 2021March 31, 2021

color, colour, design, gardening, Kate Davies Designs, knitting, manufacturing, Milarrochy Tweed, seasonal, vegetablescolor, colour, foxglove, gardening, Milarrochy Tweed, seasonal, spring, sweater, Treit, vegetables, yarn21 Comments on an airy sweater

Mel thinks she’s knitted herself a sweater but Kate has other ideas

on not being sure

By: KDD March 29, 2021March 29, 2021

birds, landscape, photography, process, Scotland, writingbirding, birds, birdsong, British trust for ornithology, BTO, calls, landscape, learning, metaphor, Scotland, song27 Comments on on not being sure

A squeaky toy? A rusty gate? How do we begin to learn about birdsong?

Winter’s End

By: KDD March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

embroidery, landscape, My Place, seasonal, textiles, vegetablesart, Bonnie Sennott, embroidery, food, knitting, landscape, My Place, seasonal, seasons, vegetable growing, vegetables7 Comments on Winter’s End

Bonnie Sennot finds inspiration at Winter’s End.

sourdough hot cross buns

By: KDD March 21, 2021March 21, 2021

baking, food, recipebaking, bread, buns, Easter, food, hot cross buns, recipe, sourdough38 Comments on sourdough hot cross buns

Tom’s favourite recipe for these delicious, sticky Easter buns

baking, food, recipebaking, bread, buns, Easter, food, hot cross buns, recipe, sourdough38 Comments on sourdough hot cross buns

strorchle

By: KDD March 19, 2021March 21, 2021

birds, collaboration, color, colour, design, landscape, seasonal, stripesbirds, designing, kits, knitting, landscape, orchle, patterns, seasonal, seasons, spring, stripes, strorchle, yarn10 Comments on strorchle

All about a nostalgic stripey sweater

Norwegian Forest

By: KDD March 17, 2021March 21, 2021

My Placechristina campbell, design, East Coker, knitting, landscape, My Place, Norway, Norwegian Forest, place, poetry, project peace, sense of place, shawl, trees, TS Eliot, woods16 Comments on Norwegian Forest

Christina Campbell introduces a beautiful shawl, inspired by where she is, and where she is not.

Chloë, not cancer

By: KDD March 15, 2021March 21, 2021

beasties, Bruce, Bruce, health, knittingDana Williams-Johnson, dog sweaters, dogs, health, ill health, knitting, recovery, Seavaiger, sweaters37 Comments on Chloë, not cancer

One wee dog, two sweaters, and an inspiring story of recovery

beasties, Bruce, Bruce, health, knittingDana Williams-Johnson, dog sweaters, dogs, health, ill health, knitting, recovery, Seavaiger, sweaters37 Comments on Chloë, not cancer

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