picturing Inveraray

By: KDD
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: KDD
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: KDD
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.5: Jacobite garters

By: KDD
bluestockings, History, Politics, Scotland, Scottish textiles, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, West Highlands, , , , , , , , , , , , , 8 Comments on sock of the week no.5: Jacobite garters

Stockings which concealed the political message of a lost eighteenth-century cause.

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sock of the week no.4

By: KDD
bluestockings, design, History, knitting, Scotland, Scottish textiles, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, , , , , , , , , , , , , , 14 Comments on sock of the week no.4

Gairloch stockings: A Highland design success story

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Sanna

By: KDD
Islay, landscape, north Uist, Scotland, travel, walking, wildflowers, writing, , , , , , , , , , , , , 18 Comments on Sanna

A glorious west coast beach

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sock of the week no.3

By: KDD
bluestockings, Edinburgh, feminism, History, sock of the week, socks, textile history, textiles, women, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 15 Comments on sock of the week no.3

Celebrating the world’s first sock knitting book, and its bluestocking author

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creature feature

By: KDD
craft, Crafting Futures, creativity, making, masks, mexico, patterns, process, Scotland, Shetland, weaving, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 20 Comments on creature feature

some of the thinking behind the making

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¿Quieres bailar?

By: KDD
art, beasties, craft, Crafting Futures, creativity, folk art, making, masks, mexico, textiles, , , , , , , , , , 66 Comments on ¿Quieres bailar?

Are ye dancin?

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on not being sure

By: KDD
birds, landscape, photography, process, Scotland, writing, , , , , , , , , , 27 Comments on on not being sure

A squeaky toy? A rusty gate? How do we begin to learn about birdsong?

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