Scottish Highlands

Loch Clair and Loch Coulin

a low-level yomp in a glorious landscape

sock of the week no.5: Jacobite garters

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

sock of the week no.4

Gairloch stockings: A Highland design success story

a walking week

By: Kate Davies Designs May 13, 2021May 13, 2021

History, landscape, photography, Scotland, walkingardnamurchan, History, landscape, Lochaber, Moidart, photography, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Scottish history, walking17 Comments

exploring a stunning part of Scotland

A couple of days ago, we announced the Seven Skeins Club – a venture we’ve been planning for many months, and which we hope will allow everyone who wants to to sample our lovely new Scottish wool. (If you are interested, you can read more about what the club involves here.) People have been writing…

Yokes is available for pre-order! . . . and here is Buchanan

Good morning! I’m extremely happy to announce that Yokes is now available for pre-order . . . and while I’m at it, I thought I’d show you another design. This yoke is called Buchanan. One of the many aspects of wearing yokes that I thought about while researching this book was the widespread practice, in…