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By: Kate Davies Designs October 29, 2024 health, Kate Davies, Kate Davies Designsfeatured, health108 Comments

stepping back, moving forward

a sabbatical, at long last

design spotlight

slippery knits for cosy feet

Autumn colour

a beautiful tree behind the mill

By: Kate Davies Designs October 8, 2024October 8, 2024 Kintyre, landscape, photography, Scotlandaurora, featured, Kintyre, landscape, landscape photography, merry dancers, northern lights, photography, Scotland, Ēriks Ešendvalds19 Comments

Come above, Hall!

. . .the world is on fire!

By: Kate Davies Designs October 6, 2024October 6, 2024 food, sunday links, writingai, Aleks Krotoski, creativity, emergence magazine, featured, food, Lily Kelting, Max Read, slop, Stevie Wonder, terroir, writing6 Comments

Sunday links

Slop, Terroir, Stevie

design spotlight: Yomp

how one sweater became four

shop

Step on over to the KDD shop to find our exclusive own-brand yarns, beautifully produced books, patterns for hand-knitting, ready-to-wear knits, and photographic prints

about KDD

Founded by Kate Davies, we are a small creative company, publishing beautiful books, manufacturing our own woolly yarns, and creating wonderfully wearable designs for handknitters. We are based in the west of Scotland.

Tutorials

Need help with a technique? We have handy tutorials to assist you with everything from cutting your first steek to constructing a hap stretcher.

stepping back, moving forward

By: Kate Davies Designs October 29, 2024

health, Kate Davies, Kate Davies Designsfeatured, health108 Comments

a sabbatical, at long last

hunter’s moon

definite autumn vibes

design spotlight

slippery knits for cosy feet

Autumn colour

a beautiful tree behind the mill

design spotlight

rectangles, triangles, cardigans

Come above, Hall!

By: Kate Davies Designs October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

Kintyre, landscape, photography, Scotlandaurora, featured, Kintyre, landscape, landscape photography, merry dancers, northern lights, photography, Scotland, Ēriks Ešendvalds19 Comments

. . .the world is on fire!

Sunday links

By: Kate Davies Designs October 6, 2024October 6, 2024

food, sunday links, writingai, Aleks Krotoski, creativity, emergence magazine, featured, food, Lily Kelting, Max Read, slop, Stevie Wonder, terroir, writing6 Comments

Slop, Terroir, Stevie

design spotlight: Yomp

how one sweater became four

a hill and a mill

daytrip to Gigha

a sweater of many shades

a harmonious gradient

want to move to Carbeth?

By: Kate Davies Designs September 16, 2024September 16, 2024

landscape, personal, Scotland, West Highland Waycarbeth, featured, landscape, personal, photography, Scotland, West Highland Way26 Comments

. . . or just have a nosy around my domestic space?

The world is my book

By: Kate Davies Designs September 7, 2024September 7, 2024

books, readingart deco, Bertram Goodhue, books, featured, Knitsonik, knitsonik back to school challenge, learning, Lee Lawrie, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Central Library, Los Angeles Public Library, personal, reading, The World is my Book14 Comments

spaces of learning

smookie at the state fair

Elizabeth’s prize-winning sweater

FOAM

By: Kate Davies Designs August 22, 2024August 22, 2024

Bobby, dogs, Kintyre, landscape, photographyBeach, Bob, Bobby, featured, Kintyre, landscape, photography, Scotland, seafoam24 Comments

Bob’s Important Thought for the Day

sunday links

a few fun things to accompany your knitting

old friends

By: Kate Davies Designs August 7, 2024August 7, 2024

friends, landscape, Loch Lomond, personalConic Hill, featured, friends, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, personal, Ross12 Comments

from the 1990s to the 2020s