lady in a green dress

By: Kate Davies Designs
color, colour, costume, dressmaking, fashion, film, History, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 111 Comments on lady in a green dress

the shifting fortunes of a changeable colour

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Magenta matters

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, art, color, colour, design, dyeing, fashion, History, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 46 Comments on Magenta matters

the shade that soaks up meaning

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The colours of Norwegian knitting

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, amazing knitters, color, colour, design, History, knitting, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , 15 Comments on The colours of Norwegian knitting

Eli Leistad introduces us to colourful combinations, old and new

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Wilson green

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, color, colour, design, industry, knitting, making, manufacturing, process, spinning, textile history, textiles, work, yarn, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 55 Comments on Wilson green

Colour at work

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Chevreul’s simultaneous contrast

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, color, colour, dyeing, History, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 47 Comments on Chevreul’s simultaneous contrast

The innovative yarn dyer who changed the world of colour

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Smookie

By: Kate Davies Designs
design, knitting, patterns, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , 13 Comments on Smookie

a hand-knitted smock for autumn

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All dressed in yellow

By: Kate Davies Designs
art, color, colour, design, fashion, History, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , 38 Comments on All dressed in yellow

how our attitudes to colour are bound up with the stories we tell ourselves

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Argyll :: Argyle

By: Kate Davies Designs
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, colour, creativity, design, fashion, History, knitting, Scottish textiles, textile history, textiles, twisted stitches, , , , , , , , , , , 16 Comments on Argyll :: Argyle

huge poofy sleeves are optional

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twenty titles

By: Kate Davies Designs
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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the breaking up of the bluestocking club

By: Kate Davies Designs
bluestockings, books, fashion, knitting, publishing, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 30 Comments on the breaking up of the bluestocking club

the club is over, but there’s the book to come!

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sock of the week no.12

By: Kate Davies Designs
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: Kate Davies Designs
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: Kate Davies Designs
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: Kate Davies Designs
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: Kate Davies Designs
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: Kate Davies Designs
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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