colour compass: heads up

By: Kate Davies Designs
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our new advent calendar is selling fast!

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How to play with colour

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, color, colour, creativity, Felicity Ford, knitters, knitting, making, play, writing, yarn, yarn, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 22 Comments on How to play with colour

vive la resistance!

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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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Colour at the woolbrokers

By: Kate Davies Designs
color, colour, Fair Isle, knitting, sheep, Shetland, Shetland, Shetland Oo, yarn, , , , , , , , , , 32 Comments on Colour at the woolbrokers

a symphony of Shetland shades

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Woolly Originals

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, amazing knitters, climate, climate change, collaboration, color, colour, creativity, Edinburgh, Iceland, inspiration, knitting, making, manufacturing, Scotland, Scottish textiles, Shetland, Shetland, shop, textiles, wildflowers, yarn, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 23 Comments on Woolly Originals

place, pattern and colour combine in beautiful, original design

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Introducing SARK

By: Kate Davies Designs
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All about our brand new book!

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Auchnaha

By: Kate Davies Designs
amazing knitters, Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, creativity, design, Kate Davies Designs, knitters, lace, yarn, , , , , , , , , , , , 6 Comments on Auchnaha

an interesting construction, and engaging knit

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blocking Easwas

By: Kate Davies Designs
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thinking in three dimensions

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sarkle

By: Kate Davies Designs
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a foundational pullover

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two new projects

By: Kate Davies Designs
books, design, feminism, History, Kate Davies Designs, publishing, textiles, women, writing, yarn, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 49 Comments on two new projects

News about Inkling, and The Bluestocking Club

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Lilias Day (in colour)

By: Kate Davies Designs
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A colourful sweater, in the snow

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lilias day

By: Kate Davies Designs
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Good morning, and happy Friday, everyone! I’ve a new design to show to you – Lilias Day I knitted two pullovers over the festive period, featuring the same Selbu motif. In Orchle, I used the motif as an allover pattern around the bottom of the pullover . . . . . . and in Lilias…

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shades and swatches

By: Kate Davies Designs
colour, creativity, design, Kate Davies Designs, knitting, Milarrochy Tweed, process, shop, yarn, , , , , , , , , , , , 16 Comments on shades and swatches

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…

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schiehallion

schiehallion

By: Kate Davies Designs
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Morning, everyone! First up, I should let you know that the KDD shop is once more up and running, and subscriptions to the 10 Years in the Making club are now open! Next, I can finally tell you about our new flagship yarn, Schiehallion This is a yarn that’s been a long time in the…

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