lady in a green dress

By: Kate Davies Designs
color, colour, costume, dressmaking, fashion, film, History, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 111 Comments on lady in a green dress

the shifting fortunes of a changeable colour

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Magenta matters

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, art, color, colour, design, dyeing, fashion, History, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 46 Comments on Magenta matters

the shade that soaks up meaning

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Carrot

By: Kate Davies Designs
color, colour, food, recipe, vegetables, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 53 Comments on Carrot

a tale of palate and palette

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The colours of Norwegian knitting

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, amazing knitters, color, colour, design, History, knitting, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , 15 Comments on The colours of Norwegian knitting

Eli Leistad introduces us to colourful combinations, old and new

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the money of colour

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, art, business, color, colour, History, , , , , , , , , , , , , 26 Comments on the money of colour

What might it mean to own a colour?

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Chevreul’s simultaneous contrast

By: Kate Davies Designs
allover club, color, colour, dyeing, History, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 47 Comments on Chevreul’s simultaneous contrast

The innovative yarn dyer who changed the world of colour

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cup of tea and bere loaf

By: Kate Davies Designs
baking, food, recipe, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 24 Comments on cup of tea and bere loaf

a simple tea loaf, baked with bere

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across the strand

By: Kate Davies Designs
architecture, Argyll, colonsay, History, landscape, photography, Scotland, walking, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 27 Comments on across the strand

a pedestrian pilgrimage

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Pollphail

By: Kate Davies Designs
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, art, creativity, design, embroidery, grafitti, knitting, landscape, making, photography, Scotland, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 13 Comments on Pollphail

a ghost village, a cardigan, embroidery

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Powdermill

By: Kate Davies Designs
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, color, colour, design, Fair Isle, fairisle, fashion, History, inspiration, knitting, landscape, , , , , , , , , , 12 Comments on Powdermill

A cardigan with kaboom!

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picturing Inveraray

By: Kate Davies Designs
architecture, Argyll, art, History, landscape, Scotland, travel, West Highlands, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 13 Comments on picturing Inveraray

looking at a made place

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a postcard from Argyll

By: Kate Davies Designs
Argyll, Argyll's Secret Coast, landscape, Scotland, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 14 Comments on a postcard from Argyll

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

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twenty titles

By: Kate Davies Designs
bluestockings, books, History, making, manufacturing, publishing, Scotland, Scottish textiles, textile history, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , 26 Comments on twenty titles

It’s the launch day of our twentieth book!

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sock of the week no. 11

By: Kate Davies Designs
colour, creativity, fashion, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, , , , , , , , , , , , 7 Comments on sock of the week no. 11

fashion, innovation and stripey socks

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sock of the week: no.10

By: Kate Davies Designs
bluestockings, costume, fashion, feminism, folk art, History, Images of knitting, knitting, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, women, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 26 Comments on sock of the week: no.10

the “everlasting stocking knitters” of Wales

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