learning from Loch Fyne

By: Kate Davies Designs
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, climate, climate change, environment, History, landscape, nature, photography, Scotland, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 22 Comments on learning from Loch Fyne

Scottish fisheries are part of a larger, global story

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knitterly things

By: Kate Davies Designs
exhibition, fairisle, History, Scotland, Shetland, textiles, yarn, , , , , , , , , , 51 Comments on knitterly things

(Tom takes a wee break from knitterly things in the Unst Bus Shelter.) As you may have guessed, I was occupied with a few knitterly things while visiting Shetland. I can’t really talk about these yet, unfortunately, but hopefully it will be worth the wait. I can say, though, that I met some truly lovely…

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Caller Herrin’

By: Kate Davies Designs
colour, design, Edinburgh, food, knitting, Scotland, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 59 Comments on Caller Herrin’

When I began thinking about this design, I was reading about the intertwined histories of fishing and knitting, and Tom and I were coincidentally (and very happily) going through a kipper-eating phase (Fortune’s are my favourite). I wanted to make a hat that was an homage to the herring – the humble-yet-once-highly-lucrative fish whose annual…

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