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Nicole Wagler tells us about eighteenth-century porcelain and her sense of place in Meissen

“Being European, we are more than the sum of our parts” Melanie Berg

By: Kate Davies Designs August 14, 2019August 14, 2019

design, inspiration, inspiring projects, interview, yarnÀrd Thìr, conversation, design, designers, Europe, European Yarn Community, interview, knitting, Melanie Berg, yarn12 Comments

Today, I’m delighted to introduce Melanie Berg as the next participant in our European Yarn Community conversations. Melanie is a German designer whose work will, I’m sure, be already very much admired by many of you. Melanie is best known for her shawls, but she also creates gorgeous modern garments, and everything she makes is…

“For me, Europe means connection”: Yasmin Harper, Laine des Iles

By: Kate Davies Designs July 18, 2019July 19, 2019

wool, yarnBrexit, connection, conversation, Europe, European Yarn Community, Laines des Iles, Yasmin Harper45 Comments

Hello, everyone, it’s Kate here – to introduce a new series of conversations on the KDD blog. I was born in 1973, a year after the Treaty of Accession paved the way for Britain’s entry into the European Union. Both sides of my family are shaped by histories of European immigration, and as a teenager,…

Malin Head

By: Kate Davies Designs September 11, 2017September 12, 2017

History, Ireland, photographyDonegal, Eire 80, Europe, Ireland, landscape, Malin Head, photography, Scotland, travel, Wild Atlantic Way34 Comments

We were in Ireland last week, to see our new tweed yarn being spun by our friends at Donegal Yarns (much more of which soon!). It’s been a while since we were in Ireland, and it was lovely to revisit a few of our favourite spots, including Malin Head. It has changed a wee bit…