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mend

We celebrate the new edition of Wheesht with this essay exploring the creative work of mending and Celia Pym’s inspiring practice

We were able to put quite a few things in the KDD shop last week, including our brand new 10 Years in the Making book. The book is now available for wholesale too, so if you are a bookshop or yarn store (or know a bookshop or yarn store) who would like to stock this…

Glasgow’s atelier economy: then and now

By: KDD September 28, 2020September 28, 2020

History, making, People MAKE Glasgow, photography, Politics, writingbook, Glasgow, History, People MAKE Glasgow, photography, Politics, publishing, slavery, writing8 Comments

Today I thought I’d share with you the introductory words I wrote for People MAKE Glasgow . For me – a former eighteenth-century specialist – the connections between Glasgow’s eighteenth-century past and its twenty-first century present have always been apparent, and I really enjoyed having the opportunity to write about those connections here. People MAKE…

Colour Moves

By: KDD March 17, 2020

books, colour, design, knitting, publishingbook, Claudia Fiocchetti, colour moves, design, knitting, Make / Mark, publishing7 Comments

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all doing well and looking after yourselves and each other. We are all fine here at KDD: indeed, all of us feel very fortunate that our circumstances are such that we can continue our operation relatively uninterrupted, work from home, and have the capacity to help our families…

wheesht

By: KDD December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

creativity, Kate Davies, publishing, reading, writingbook, business, creativity, disability, independent publishing, publishing, small publishing, wheesht, writing11 Comments

Wheesht is published! You can now buy the book in the KDD shop, find out more about it at its dedicated website and we’ve even produced a set of 12 jolly postcards featuring the wonderful illustrations that Tom created for each chapter of the book. If you were part of our club earlier this year,…

mair heids

By: KDD November 26, 2018November 26, 2018

Milarrochy Tweedbook, design, Jennifer Donze, Justyna Haberkula, knitting, Lynette Meek, milarrochy heids, Milarrochy Tweed, publishing, Sarah Mackay13 Comments

We are now over half-way through our Milarrochy Heids reveal. Pre-orders of the book will remain open until Friday 30th November – which is the last day for purchasing with free shipping. The book will be published this coming weekend (hurrah!) and we will begin shipping out your orders early next week (3rd). I’m so…

Shetland Oo: making a book

Hello – it’s Tom here – for a change. Kate is busy working on her Islay project, and I’m taking a break today from shipping out orders. I wanted to say thanks so much for your interest in our Shetland Oo book. Apart from being my first major project as a photographer, Oo is the…

the books are here!

By: KDD December 9, 2015January 3, 2016

books, Buachaille, publishing, textilesbook, Buachaille, Kate Davies, publishing, Tom Barr41 Comments

Yes, that just about sums it up! The books have finally arrived from the printer, and we are very happy! There is so much to consider when creating a book, and this one involved many new decisions. We took some different choices with our paper and cover stock, and settled on some different layouts (as…

Whigmaleeries!

By: KDD November 13, 2015November 13, 2015

Buachaille, knitting, seven skeins clubbook, Buachaille, Buachaille: At Home in the Highlands, Kate Davies, knitting, publishing, seven skeins, seven skeins club, stranded knitting, whigmaleerie, whigmaleeries17 Comments

Pattern release day is here again, and today Seven Skeins knitters will find some Whigmaleeries appearing in their inbox. What on earth are whigmaleeries? Well, as the Dictionary of the Scots Language puts it, a whigmaleerie is: “a decorative or fanciful object, a piece of ornamentation …a knick-knack, gew-gaw, bauble, fantastic contrivance, or contraption.” In…

Bunnets!

Friday is pattern release day, and today I have for you a pair of bunnets. Bunnet is a colloquial Scots term for a hat. The word bunnet is etymologically related to the English bonnet, and the French bonnet, but while the English term has predominantly feminine associations, the word bunnet is most often used in…

two new books

By: KDD March 20, 2014March 20, 2014

books, design, knittingbook, books, design, hand-knit, knitting, Marie Wallin, Rachel Coopey, review, Toasty, Windswept24 Comments

It is always lovely to be sent copies of new books – particularly when they are inspirational tomes from folk I like and admire. Here are two I’ve recently received. This is Windswept by Marie Wallin. You’ll all know Marie from being, until last year, Rowan’s creative director. While continuing to work with Rowan as…

from Muhu Island

It is a while since I have been totally blown away by a book. Here is that book – a very generous gift to me from Mai, one of my Estonian readers. It is hard to know how to start telling you about what this incredible tome contains – it really is that amazing. Perhaps…

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