process – KDD & Co

Knitting an anti-surveillance jumper

A brilliantly innovative combination of the material and the digital

Serkinet

By: Kate Davies Designs September 26, 2022September 26, 2022

creativity, design, making, processcardigan, creativity, design, knitting, making, process, sark, Serkinet24 Comments

on the additional labour of cardigans

Monk’s Belt Hat

Hand-knitting and hand-weaving speak eloquently to one another in the beautiful work of Janet Bowen

talking twisted stitches

A conversation with inspiring Thea Colman

behind the mask

accepting that not everything works out is key to the (slow) creative process

re-knitting

By: Kate Davies Designs January 31, 2021March 21, 2021

design, knitting, making, processamazing knitters, baffies, bieldy, design, knitters, knitting, making, peerie flooers, process, reknitting48 Comments

reflections on repeat knitting

destination: sleeve island

By: Kate Davies Designs January 24, 2021March 21, 2021

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Sleeve island: the best place to be?

journal pages

By: Kate Davies Designs May 25, 2020May 25, 2020

creativity, design, Felicity Ford, journalingdesign, journal, journaling, process, sketching, stationery, washi tape28 Comments

I’m at that stage of developing a group of designs where I seem to be recording a lot of ideas and sketches in my journal. As I was working on something today, I looked back over a few of the spreads with ideas for the designs I’ve recently published – like the Yorlin one above.…

kodak portra 160

By: Kate Davies Designs May 24, 2020May 24, 2020

color, colour, People MAKE Glasgow, photographycolour, film, kodak, lartigue, making, People MAKE Glasgow, photography, process, Shetland Oo14 Comments

Hello everyone. Tom here with a post about my new favourite colour film, Kodak Portra 160. What I find really exciting about the discipline of photography is that despite the advancement of technologies available, access to old techniques remains, meaning that the rich and complex history of photography continues to be available for us to…

crafting futures: a residency of things

By: Kate Davies Designs May 16, 2020May 16, 2020

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Preparing for the Crafting Futures residency reminded me of being a teenager going on “exchange.” One’s bag would always include some representative souvenirs for the family one was visiting: a tin of biscuits or confectionery, a small book about one’s local area. I wanted to bring gifts for my compatriots on the Crafting Futures residency…

ends

By: Kate Davies Designs May 14, 2020

color, colour, making, process, textiles, yarnends, knitting, making, process, yarn50 Comments

I sometimes feel that I’m unusual in my love of ends. As a project draws to completion, and especially if it has involved a lot of different shades, I really look forward to sorting all the ends out. I don’t find this process onerous. It’s just a question of setting aside enough time and being…

weaving with Milarrochy Tweed

By: Kate Davies Designs May 7, 2020May 7, 2020

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Good morning! I spent yesterday afternoon sat outside on the freshly painted decking, weaving in the sunshine. Which really felt like quite a treat. I’ve been wanting to weave with my own Milarrochy Tweed for a while, and yesterday I decided to finally take the plunge. I was a little nervous for two reasons: first,…