Argyll – KDD & Co

Eilean nan Gobhar

By: Kate Davies Designs September 5, 2022September 5, 2022

Argyll, goats, landscape, Scotland, walkingarchaeology, Argyll, Carradale, Carradale point, feral goats, fort, goat, Kintyre, Scotland, vitrified fort, walking, wild goats12 Comments on Eilean nan Gobhar

Feral goats at Carradale

“picnic at Pigs’ Paradise”

By: Kate Davies Designs May 2, 2022May 3, 2022

Argyll, colonsay, film, landscape, Scotland, travel, walkingArgyll, birds, colonsay, Emeric Pressburger, film, Hebrides, IKWIG, Inner Hebrides, landscape, Michael Powell, photography, pigs paradise, pigs' paradise, Scotland, seabirds, travel, wildlife photography43 Comments on “picnic at Pigs’ Paradise”

a magical spot

The Kerry Kyle

By: Kate Davies Designs April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

amazing knitters, Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, art, climate change, design, environment, knitters, knitting, landscape, photography, Scotland, style, styling, West Highland Wayamazing knitters, Argyll, ark, blanket, design, Kerry Kyle, knitting, landscape, photography, secret coast, The Shieling, Tighnabruaich, West Highland Way16 Comments on The Kerry Kyle

an ark and a blanket

Auchnaha

By: Kate Davies Designs April 10, 2022April 10, 2022

amazing knitters, Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, creativity, design, Kate Davies Designs, knitters, lace, yarnArgyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, cardigan, construction, design, garment construction, knitting, Lace, ooskit, secret coast, shawl, wrap, yarn6 Comments on Auchnaha

an interesting construction, and engaging knit

Argyll :: Argyle

By: Kate Davies Designs April 8, 2022April 8, 2022

Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, colour, creativity, design, fashion, History, knitting, Scottish textiles, textile history, textiles, twisted stitchesArgyle, Argyle vest, Argyll, colour, fashion, knitwear, Pringle, Stronachlachar, style, styling, twisted stitches, vest16 Comments on Argyll :: Argyle

huge poofy sleeves are optional

Picturing the Secret Coast

By: Kate Davies Designs March 30, 2022March 30, 2022

Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, landscape, Scotland, TomArgyll, Auchnaha, barnacles, coast, Inveraray, landscape, landscape photography, loch, Loch Fyne, Loch Striven, Otter Ferry, photography, Scotland, secret coast19 Comments on Picturing the Secret Coast

telling the story of a place with images

a half way point

By: Kate Davies Designs February 21, 2022February 21, 2022

Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, collaboration, creativity, design, knitting, landscape, Scotland, walkingArgyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, design, gansey, glenan, hoody, kayaking, knitting, landscape, loch eck, Michael Hartley, paper caves, scarf, walking11 Comments on a half way point

thank you, Michael Hartley!

an absorbing project

By: Kate Davies Designs February 6, 2022February 6, 2022

Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, art, collaboration, creativity, design, History, Kate Davies Designs, knitting, landscape, ootlier, photography, research, ScotlandArgyll, collaboration, Cowal, creativity, design, feature, Kate Davies designs, knitting, landscape, photography, Scotland, The Kerry Kyle, walking, work, writing27 Comments on an absorbing project

making something fun and meaningful

preparations

By: Kate Davies Designs January 8, 2022January 8, 2022

Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, landscapeArgyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, knitting, landscape, photography, Scotland, snow, winter40 Comments on preparations

getting ready for the club . . .

Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, landscapeArgyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, knitting, landscape, photography, Scotland, snow, winter40 Comments on preparations

picturing Inveraray

By: Kate Davies Designs January 2, 2022January 2, 2022

architecture, Argyll, art, History, landscape, Scotland, travel, West Highlands, writingA Very British Scandal, architecture, Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, art, Claire Foy, Dorothy Wordsworth, Duke of Argyll, eighteenth century, fishing, History, Inveraray, J. M. W Turner, Jacobite, landscape, literature, Loch Fyne, nineteenth-century, painting, Paul Bettany, picturesque, Robert Burns, samuel johnson, Scotland, topography, travel, travel writing, William Wordsworth, writing13 Comments on picturing Inveraray

looking at a made place

a postcard from Argyll

By: Kate Davies Designs December 23, 2021January 5, 2022

Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, landscape, ScotlandArgyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, Argyll's Secret Coast Club, Caladh, Glen Caladh, History, HMS James Cook, kyles of bute, landscape, nostalgia, postcards, Scotland, second world war, Tighnabruaich, travel14 Comments on a postcard from Argyll

how do we look at a landscape when there might seem to be nothing to see?

now we are five

By: Kate Davies Designs December 19, 2021December 19, 2021

beasties, Bobby, Bran, Bruce, dogs, landscape, ScotlandArgyll, Beach, bruce, coast, dog, dogs, labrador, labrador retriever, Lochaber, Scotland47 Comments on now we are five

a word from Bruce

beasties, Bobby, Bran, Bruce, dogs, landscape, ScotlandArgyll, Beach, bruce, coast, dog, dogs, labrador, labrador retriever, Lochaber, Scotland47 Comments on now we are five

Loch Shiel

By: Kate Davies Designs December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

History, landscape, Scotland, West Highlandsardnamurchan, Argyll, burial isle, cairns, coffin road, coffin roads, cursed bell, Eilean Fhianain, Glenfinnan, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Harry Potter, Jacobite rebellion, landscape, Loch Shiel, Lochaber, St Finan, St Finnan, St Finnan's chapel, Sunart25 Comments on Loch Shiel

the ancient heart of a community

Write by the Sea

By: Sam Kilday March 22, 2020March 22, 2020

exhibition, ootlier, photography, reading, writingArgyll, disability, exhibition, landscape, nature writing11 Comments on Write by the Sea

The inaugural Write by the Sea Festival in Argyll, celebrated writing and writers exploring themes connected with the sea, food, coast, nature and place

exhibition, ootlier, photography, reading, writingArgyll, disability, exhibition, landscape, nature writing11 Comments on Write by the Sea

light by the sea

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

art, exhibition, landscape, ootlier, photography, ScotlandArgyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, art, Cowal Peninsula, landscape, light, light by the sea, ootlier, photography, sound, Tighnabruaich, Tom Barr10 Comments on light by the sea

“the times of dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean’s skin” Herman Melville, Moby Dick Hello everyone, it’s Tom here. In today’s post I’m excited to tell you more about my latest body of work, which also comprises my first solo exhibition – Light by the Sea. (Otter Ferry) Like…

snow deco

By: Kate Davies Designs January 19, 2016January 19, 2016

Bruce, Buachaille, design, Kate Davies, Kate Davies Designs, kits, knitting, Scotland, walking1950s, Argyll, Bridge of Orchy, design, dress, knitting, Lindy Bop, Scotland, snow, weather, West Highlands103 Comments on snow deco

We have at last seen something like wintry weather in Scotland over the past few days. I much prefer a crisp, cold winter day to a muggy, grey wet one (who doesn’t?) so the snow and sunshine have really felt something like a treat. And not least because we have been waiting for exactly the…