Milarrochy Tweed – KDD & Co

colour compass: heads up

By: Kate Davies Designs May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

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our new advent calendar is selling fast!

Operculum

By: Kate Davies Designs September 28, 2022September 28, 2022

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Lucy Razzall’s hat celebrates everyday design and the thing-ness of place

Garden hat

a beautiful garden-inspired hat that seems as much grown as it is made

inkling is out

By: Kate Davies Designs May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

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The Inkling book is published!

all the colours

By: Kate Davies Designs May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

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New shades for the Dathan pullover and hap.

an airy sweater

Mel thinks she’s knitted herself a sweater but Kate has other ideas

out of the woods

Outi Kater introduces a wonderful design inspired by Finnish childhood winters and restorative woodland spaces

the thaw

Rebecca Osborn shares a beautiful design, inspired by her place in the Canadian Arctic

Na Séasúir

Mary O’Shea introduces a glorious circular scarf whose colours turn with her, through the seasons

Green Shoots mittens

By: Kate Davies Designs January 29, 2021March 21, 2021

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A jolly design for January

Gitchi-Gami

Virginia Sattler-Reimer takes us to her place

introducing My Place

By: Kate Davies Designs January 20, 2021January 20, 2021

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You may (or may not) remember that last year we organised one of our regular design competitions. The theme was “My Place” and the idea was that competition entrants design a shawl, hap, wrap, scarf, cowl, snood, kerchief, or other neckwear accessory in Milarrochy Tweed inspired by their “place” in the world – however they…

green shoots

By: Kate Davies Designs January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

colour, design, fairisle, knitting, seasonalcolour, colouwork, design, foxglove, hat, knitting, Milarrochy Tweed, stockiemuir, tam21 Comments

I think the month of January – and perhaps particularly this January – often seems rather dark. These are certainly dark days for many of us around the world, but there are some visible green shoots, improving prospects, and the hope of brighter days ahead. I wanted my first design of 2021 to speak to…

shades and swatches

Hello! I’m happy to say we’ve just about completed all our behind-the-scenes admin, and have been able to reopen the KDD online shop today. Among the new things you’ll find there is our just-published 10 Years in the Making book (beautifully produced for us by Glasgow’s Bell & Bain), plus two brand new shades of…

treit

By: Kate Davies Designs July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

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Good morning and happy Friday everyone! Today we are feeling particularly pleased because Ardnamurchan is back in stock! And with stock of this lovely tealy-green shade available, we can now release this new summery design of which I’m really very fond – Treit. Treit is a simple tee with a lace yoke, knitted from the…