north Uist – KDD & Co

In the spring of 2018, after a hard winter in which I’d been struggling with my depression, I spent some time in Berneray and North Uist. You can get a sense of how much I immediately loved the place, and how very much I enjoyed meeting Meg Rodger and learning more about her work –…

Away to Berneray

By: Kate Davies Designs June 13, 2019June 14, 2019

photography, Scotland, textilesBerneray, Hebrides, north Uist, ootlier, Outer Hebrides, photography, Scotland60 Comments

Hello! Tom here. Kate and I spent all of last week away in Berneray and North Uist, where I’ve been working on a new photographic project (more of which later). Late spring and early summer is a truly beautiful time of year in the Outer Hebrides, and we feel very lucky to be able to…

at Uist Wool

By: Kate Davies Designs May 9, 2018May 9, 2018

industry, manufacturing, textiles, wool, yarnindustry, manufacturing, north Uist, scouring, Uist, Uist Wool, wool, yarn, yarn production44 Comments

When you get involved in manufacturing yarn for hand knitters, one of the first things you learn about is just how bloody difficult it is just to get some elements of wool production done. I’m talking about the messy, dirty, non-glamorous things; the things like wool sorting, grading, and scouring (washing) or things that involve…

back here

By: Kate Davies Designs May 6, 2018May 6, 2018

personal, photography, strokeBerneray, disability, Hebrides, north Uist, Outer Hebrides, stroke74 Comments

When something really major happens in your life there is always a before and after. And when that something is a massive transformation that alters your body and identity, when that something is a stroke that suddenly changes you from an able-bodied person to someone who will spend the rest of her life managing the…

vicarious

By: Kate Davies Designs June 2, 2013

cycling, Harris, ScotlandBarra, Berneray, Callanais, cycling, Harris, Hebrides, Lewis, Mool, north Uist, Outer Hebrides, South Uist, Vatersay54 Comments

Lucky Tom has spent the past week cycling around the Outer Hebrides with our friend, Mool. I have so enjoyed the photos that he’s been sending me each evening that I thought I’d share a selection with you here. All of these photographs were taken with his phone.

from the Uists

By: Kate Davies Designs September 8, 2009September 8, 2009

Camping, Scotland, walkingBarpa Langass, Berneray, Camping, north Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, South Uist, walking12 Comments

creatures in the landscape. places that suffered brutal clearance . . . . . . neolithic tombs recall these islands’ human losses . . . Barpa Langass. darkness in the place of bones. But outside, a living landscape full of light and colour. . . yoke-yellow lichen on a fence post. stuff of the shoreline…