process – KDD & Co

Serkinet

By: Kate Davies Designs September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

creativity, design, making, processcardigan, creativity, design, knitting, making, process, sark, Serkinet24 Comments

on the additional labour of cardigans

Monk’s Belt Hat

Hand-knitting and hand-weaving speak eloquently to one another in the beautiful work of Janet Bowen

behind the mask

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

on not being sure

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

zwiebelmuster

Nicole Wagler tells us about eighteenth-century porcelain and her sense of place in Meissen

re-knitting

By: Kate Davies Designs January 31, 2021March 21, 2021

design, knitting, making, processamazing knitters, baffies, bieldy, design, knitters, knitting, making, peerie flooers, process, reknitting48 Comments

reflections on repeat knitting

destination: sleeve island

By: Kate Davies Designs January 24, 2021March 21, 2021

design, knitting, making, processcircular needles, design, fixed circulars, knitting, knitting styles, making, process, sleeve island, sleeves75 Comments

Sleeve island: the best place to be?

Hello! I’m happy to say we’ve just about completed all our behind-the-scenes admin, and have been able to reopen the KDD online shop today. Among the new things you’ll find there is our just-published 10 Years in the Making book (beautifully produced for us by Glasgow’s Bell & Bain), plus two brand new shades of…

dressing up . . . 1970s style

By: Kate Davies Designs May 28, 2020May 28, 2020

costume, Family, making, Politics, process, writingchildhood, costume, dressing up, fancy dress, Handywoman, Politics, writing15 Comments

I’ve been suffering with a migraine, and am still feeling very ropey, so thought I’d just follow on from yesterday’s post about masks and performance, with a few images (and words) about my childhood – in which costume and dressing up played a significant role – and which Pilar is now drawing on in the…

crafting futures: a residency of things

By: Kate Davies Designs May 16, 2020May 16, 2020

collaboration, Crafting Futures, creativity, making, processbymakersformakers, collaboration, Crafting Futures, creativity, exchange, making, mexico, Oaxaca, process, residency, things18 Comments

Preparing for the Crafting Futures residency reminded me of being a teenager going on “exchange.” One’s bag would always include some representative souvenirs for the family one was visiting: a tin of biscuits or confectionery, a small book about one’s local area. I wanted to bring gifts for my compatriots on the Crafting Futures residency…

ends

By: Kate Davies Designs May 14, 2020

color, colour, making, process, textiles, yarnends, knitting, making, process, yarn50 Comments

I sometimes feel that I’m unusual in my love of ends. As a project draws to completion, and especially if it has involved a lot of different shades, I really look forward to sorting all the ends out. I don’t find this process onerous. It’s just a question of setting aside enough time and being…

weaving with Milarrochy Tweed

By: Kate Davies Designs May 7, 2020May 7, 2020

Milarrochy Tweed, process, weaving, wool, yarn, yarninkle weaving, making, Milarrochy Tweed, process, weaving, wool35 Comments

Good morning! I spent yesterday afternoon sat outside on the freshly painted decking, weaving in the sunshine. Which really felt like quite a treat. I’ve been wanting to weave with my own Milarrochy Tweed for a while, and yesterday I decided to finally take the plunge. I was a little nervous for two reasons: first,…

object lesson

By: Kate Davies Designs April 15, 2020April 15, 2020

creativity, photography, poetry, processCarry Farm, creativity, photography, poem, poetry, process13 Comments

Last October, I went to stay for a week at Carry Farm, in Argyll, to think about my writing. I took BOB the dog with me, but was otherwise alone. I walked by the sea every day, I did a little knitting, a little embroidery, and a lot of thinking. Some of the poems I’ve…