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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 11:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter really felt interminable this year. It seemed that, for weeks I passed the same corner every day looking in vain for the snowdrops that always appear there, heralding Spring. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;d do if it wasn&#8217;t for those&#8221; said one of my neighbour-buddies, indicating a single patch of struggling crocuses that provided [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23931&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought you might like to see the shorter version of the Catkin sweater that Mel has just knitted &#8212; Kitkin! Like the original Catkin, Kitkin is knitted in baa ram ewe&#8217;s Titus, in a lovely charcoal grey shade. To make this cropped version, Mel simply cast on the number of bust stitches for the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23912&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 17:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Skylarks and sunshine, whin and whin-coloured knitting. A yellow day. (Mel gifted me several amazing Bruce-shaped stitch markers a while ago. One day I&#8217;ll show you the whole set. )<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23902&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Various things have been prompting me to think a lot recently about the role that sewing and knitting and other handmade things can play in the shape of ones life. Like many crafty folk in the UK, I enjoyed watching the Great British Sewing Bee. Unlike so many of these competitive TV formats, this programme [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23884&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a fit of May Day fervour, I have decided to release CATKIN! Catkin is really two designs: a tunic-length sweater, and an accompanying slouchy hat. I called these designs CATKIN because the soft hand and haze of baa ram ewe&#8217;s Titus yarn reminded me of . . . . . . and also because [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23828&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A tale of Titus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know, the story of the yarns I use in my designs is very important to me. I am always interested to know as much as possible about a yarn&#8217;s provenance and background; like to use fibres that are locally grown and processed where possible; and am especially keen on yarns that showcase the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23808&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Images of knitting &#8211; 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a couple more postcards from my collection. Strictly speaking, these are reproductions of advertisments, but I am particularly fond of the Sunlight Soap image which, as you can see, has been pinned on my board for some time. I find it interesting for the way it represents knitting as a leisure activity, rather [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23794&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to my Socks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pablo Neruda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A comment from CinOz in response to the previous post pointed me towards this wonderful Pablo Neruda poem, which I thought you&#8217;d enjoy reading. Ode to my Socks Mara Mori brought mea pair of sockswhich she knitted herselfwith her sheepherder&#8217;s hands,two socks as soft as rabbits.I slipped my feet into themas if they were two [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23784&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Of Note</title>
		<link>http://katedaviesdesigns.com/2013/04/22/of-note/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lynne Barr]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[socks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Shape of Knitting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been really inspired by some fantastic knitting books which have turned up here recently, so I thought I&#8217;d give them a shout-out. First up is Rachel Coopey&#8216;s much anticipated first collection. Rachel is truly the Queen of Socks &#8212; she has a distinctive feel for pattern and structure which suits her foot-shaped canvas perfectly. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23755&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a kiss from France</title>
		<link>http://katedaviesdesigns.com/2013/04/09/a-kiss-from-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[embroidery]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[embroidered postcards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first world war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first world war postcards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First World War silks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postcard history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postcards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sentiment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silk postcards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[World War 1 silks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I so enjoyed your translations and comments on this post, that I thought I&#8217;d continue the First World War theme with some of my favourite items in my postcard collection. Known to collectors generically as &#8220;silks&#8221;, these machine-embroidered cards first appeared around 1900, and were produced in vast quantities during the twentieth century&#8217;s first two [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=katedaviesdesigns.com&#038;blog=1147407&#038;post=23689&#038;subd=needled&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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