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walking words

By: KDD March 25, 2020

disability, landscape, poetry, writingamanda thomson, disability, landscape, language, nature writing, poem, poetry, Scots, scots dictionary of nature, walking, writing37 Comments

Good morning, everyone. Today I thought I’d share with you one of the poems I recently read at Write by the Sea. I’m someone who loves walking, and since my stroke in 2010, I’m also someone who has a disabled body. If you’ve read Handywoman, you might remember that a really formative moment in my…

Oobits!

By: KDD November 20, 2015November 20, 2015

Buachaille, knitting, seven skeins clubbracelet, Buachaille, Felting, Jewellery, knitting, oo, oobit, oobits, Scots, wool29 Comments

Good morning! Here is today’s pattern release – oobits! Of all the wonderful Scots words I have used to name my patterns, I think that OOBIT has to be my favourite. Its a word that was new to me, and to which I was introduced by my friend Ivor (whose many talents include an editorial…

Fantoosh!

By: KDD May 8, 2015July 21, 2016

design, featured, knitting, lace, textiles, yarndesign, Fantoosh, Kate Davies, knitting, Lace, Old Maiden Aunt, Scots, shawl, yarn76 Comments

FANTOOSH! – my new spring shawl – is now available. Fantoosh is a top-down triangular shawl featuring a tesselating allover motif defined by centred double decreases and twisted stitches. Its a lovely rhythmic knit with a pleasing end result! In Scots, fantoosh means “fancy”, or a wee bit “over the top”. When I was at…