across the strand

By: KDD
architecture, Argyll, colonsay, History, landscape, photography, Scotland, walking, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 27 Comments on across the strand

a pedestrian pilgrimage

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Argyll :: Argyle

By: KDD
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, colour, creativity, design, fashion, History, knitting, Scottish textiles, textile history, textiles, twisted stitches, , , , , , , , , , , 15 Comments on Argyll :: Argyle

huge poofy sleeves are optional

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Powdermill

By: KDD
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, color, colour, design, Fair Isle, fairisle, fashion, History, inspiration, knitting, landscape, , , , , , , , , , 12 Comments on Powdermill

A cardigan with kaboom!

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Henty-Creer

By: KDD
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, design, History, landscape, Scotland, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 10 Comments on Henty-Creer

how the dark waters of Loch Striven inspired a Secret Coast design

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historical memory

By: KDD
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, History, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , 20 Comments on historical memory

what do we call to mind about a place? Which local narratives deserve commemoration?

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an absorbing project

By: KDD
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, art, collaboration, creativity, design, History, Kate Davies Designs, knitting, landscape, ootlier, photography, research, Scotland, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 27 Comments on an absorbing project

making something fun and meaningful

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picturing Inveraray

By: KDD
architecture, Argyll, art, History, landscape, Scotland, travel, West Highlands, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 13 Comments on picturing Inveraray

looking at a made place

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Loch Shiel

By: KDD
History, landscape, Scotland, West Highlands, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 25 Comments on Loch Shiel

the ancient heart of a community

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twenty titles

By: KDD
bluestockings, books, History, making, manufacturing, publishing, Scotland, Scottish textiles, textile history, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , 26 Comments on twenty titles

It’s the launch day of our twentieth book!

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sock of the week no.12

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, Images of knitting, knitting, sock of the week, socks, textile history, , , , , , , , , , , 25 Comments on sock of the week no.12

creative and industrious stocking knitting men

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Marina Moskowitz

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, interview, making, Scotland, Scottish textiles, textile history, textiles, women, wool, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 13 Comments on Marina Moskowitz

an inspiring conversation about everyday stuff and big ideas

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sock of the week no. 11

By: KDD
colour, creativity, fashion, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, , , , , , , , , , , , 7 Comments on sock of the week no. 11

fashion, innovation and stripey socks

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sock of the week: no.10

By: KDD
bluestockings, costume, fashion, feminism, folk art, History, Images of knitting, knitting, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, women, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 26 Comments on sock of the week: no.10

the “everlasting stocking knitters” of Wales

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sock of the week no.7

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , 17 Comments on sock of the week no.7

what might a pair of seventeenth-century stockings say about the body that once wore them?

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sock of the week no. 6: clocks and socks

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 28 Comments on sock of the week no. 6: clocks and socks

an image connecting the histories of eighteenth-century intimate apparel, government taxation, and the democratisation of timekeeping

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