Scottish textiles

Woolly Originals

place, pattern and colour combine in beautiful, original design

twenty titles

It’s the launch day of our twentieth book!

the Carbeth creature goes north

The Carbeth creature takes a trip to Banchory

Marina Moskowitz

an inspiring conversation about everyday stuff and big ideas

Sock of the week no.9

By: Kate Davies Designs July 21, 2021July 21, 2021

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The Baird Undersock

sock of the week no.5: Jacobite garters

Stockings which concealed the political message of a lost eighteenth-century cause.

sock of the week no.4

Gairloch stockings: A Highland design success story

make / mend: Collingwood-Norris

Kate talks to Flora Collingwood-Norris about mending, Scottish islands, and how colour makes you feel

I’m so pleased to be able to introduce you to Duntreath! After we successfully launched our lambswool snoods last year, I really wanted to develop a line of garments. Having researched and written a book all about the history of yoke sweaters, I knew I wanted to make yokes, and I also knew who I…

snoods / psneuds

By: Kate Davies Designs September 27, 2017September 27, 2017

design, KDD originals, knitting, manufacturing, Scotland, Scottish textiles, textile history, textilesdesign, Hinchcliffe, KDD originals, knitwear, Lockies, manufacturing, snoods, William Lockie52 Comments

I am sure, since I have been completely unable to restrain my excitement on all social media channels, that most of you will have already seen the small range of knitted accessories that we’ve made with Lockies. Snoods! Now, I have come to realise the “correct” application of the word snood is a matter for…

The Buachaille song by Felicity Ford

At the end of last September, I travelled to Shetland for Wool Week. I’d spent several previous months exploring a new-to-me world of yarn development, and the result – Buachaille – was about to be launched with the Seven Skeins Club. At home, so many boxes of yarn had arrived that the bathroom floor had…

behind the scenes . . .

A couple of days ago, we announced the Seven Skeins Club – a venture we’ve been planning for many months, and which we hope will allow everyone who wants to to sample our lovely new Scottish wool. (If you are interested, you can read more about what the club involves here.) People have been writing…

Seven Scottish Shades

Its time to tell you about my yarn colours! I’ve created seven new shades for Buachaille, and all have been inspired by different aspects of the landscape in which I live and love to walk: its flora, its fauna, and of course its weather. Here’s what inspired Buchaille’s seven Scottish shades! 1. Highland Coo These…

A busy week

It has been an incredibly busy week here! As you might imagine, the imminent arrival of Buachaille means we have a lot to do, and I am hard at work creating a small collection of designs to accompany the yarn’s release (only a few weeks to go!) Then my friend and colleague, Jen, came to…

a handmade wedding

Thankyou, all of you, for your lovely comments and congratulations! I thought you might appreciate hearing a little more about the handmade elements of our wedding. A few years ago, Tom decided to have a kilt made. His surname is Barr, and the tartan of that name is also associated with a popular Scottish soft-drinks…