Award-winning Scottish publishing and design

from the Mull of Kintyre

Founded by Kate Davies, KDD is a small creative company, publishing books, producing yarns, and making gorgeous, wearable designs for hand-knitters

Our small team is based here in Scotland, but we have friends all over the world from Stockholm to Seoul, from Toronto to Tasmania. For us, the practical and the poetic go hand in glove: we are thoughtful makers who love ideas and curious thinkers who enjoy making things. We believe that the slow process of knitting a beautiful pullover can bring profound joy and that there is nothing more rewarding than time spent with a good book. We foreground the cultural value of both critique and creativity. We celebrate the world of things, in a digital age.

From the history of colour to inspiring creative practices, from collaborative design to documentary photography, KDD is a successful small publisher, with a catalogue of more than 30 titles.

Working with our favourite mills, KDD manufactures an exclusive range of yarns for hand knitters. Blending the best of British fleeces, and showcasing traditional processes from the smooth twist of Yorkshire worsted spinning to the colourful neps of the famous Donegal tweed, we love to share our distinctive yarns with customers around the world.

Kate’s patterns have a well-deserved reputation for their clarity of instruction and attention to knitterly detail. Pullovers and cardigans are a speciality, enjoyed by stylish knitters worldwide.

Ootlier 5 Light Waves

Tom Barr is KDD’s photographer, and has a scientific background which his Ootlier moniker reflects. Through different forms of documentation and abstraction, Tom’s work challenges our ways of seeing the Scottish landscape.

Ootlier 6 Rubha Nan Sasan