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Tressa Weidenaar

Tressa’s beautifully balanced work, inspired by her Navajo culture and landscape

Operculum

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

My Placecolourwork, design, designers, designing, knitting, Lucy Razzall, makers, making, material culture, Milarrochy Tweed, My Place, Operculum, pattern, stranded colourwork, tam27 Comments

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

Forêts Paisibles

By: Kate Davies Designs August 10, 2022August 10, 2022

My Placedesign, forest, forests, forets paisibles, Justyna Haberkowa, knitting, My Place, pattern, peaceable forests, slipped stitches11 Comments

Peaceable forests inspire an innovative hat

gorse / Glenan

By: Kate Davies Designs May 6, 2022May 6, 2022

design, knitting, landscape, patternsdesign, glenan, gorse, knitting, landscape, pattern, Scotland, spring, vest6 Comments

a jolly yellow vest, for Spring

mooch

my new favourite outdoor sweater

jinkies

high jinks!

Gruggle

angles, corners, cowls

sarkle

a foundational pullover

creature feature

some of the thinking behind the making

journey of mind

By: Kate Davies Designs March 10, 2021March 21, 2021

design, health, mental health, My Placedepression, design, health, knitting, location, mental health, Mind, My Place, pattern, place41 Comments

Diana Niedobova writes frankly and courageously about her experience of depression, and her sense of place.

Oa my!

Kate’s favourite outdoor pullover gets an Oa-verhaul

zwiebelmuster

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

YOLK!

Yes, I am standing in a frozen landscape dressed as a fried egg – what of it?

Cas

Eimear Earley introduces a gorgeous shawl inspired by the golden age of Irish art

Green Shoots mittens

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

colour, design, knitting, Milarrochy Tweed, patternsdesign, foxglove, free download, Green Shoots Mittens, Green Shoots Tam, Milarrochy Tweed, mittens, pattern, stranded colourwork54 Comments

A jolly design for January

Orchle

Friday is pattern reveal day, and I have a brand new sweater design to show you! I’m a huge fan of the arched Selbu motifs which are most often traditionally used on gloves and mittens and you’ll see the long-standing influence of these motifs on my design work in hats like Richard the Roundhead, or…