Making Light

Good morning! I hope you have had a restful and restorative few weeks. Here in Kintyre we’ve been enjoying lots of cold weather walking, and a glorious New Year rainbow on our local beach.

This joyous arc of light sets the tone for 2025, which we are beginning with a bang, and a brand new club!

For many of us in the northern hemisphere, January and February can be challenging months.

The twinkling baubles of the festive season are behind us and spring’s green shoots can seem a long way off.

But, if you look hard enough, you’ll find this time of year is the opposite of gloomy.

 The winter sky is at its most spectacular . . .

. . . low light glances gracefully through the bare branches of trees and ocean waves . . .

. . . while landscapes of all kinds sing with gorgeous colours and textures that are invisible at other times of year. 

There are so many ways of making light of these dark months, and that’s what we are going to set our minds and hands to during this new club!

The creative heart of Making Light is, of course, the knitting. I’ve really enjoyed myself over the past few months working on cold weather garments and accessories that I’ve designed specifically for this time of year. I’ve returned to my first love – stranded knitting – and have created a collection of designs with Schiehallion and Ooskit (yes, that is a new deep brown chocolatey shade of Ooskit – yum)

Exploring our seasonal theme of light and dark, my new collection features graphic two-tone colourwork and classic knits that make the most of bold motifs. Throughout each week of the club, these high-contrast patterns will be released in pairs, accompanied by inspiring short reads and photographic essays that offer fresh perspectives on our theme of Making Light. 

From the distinctive pleasures of taking a walk at dawn to the importance of darkness in photography . . . .

. . . we’ll share our favourite strategies for finding uplifting moments, creative joy, and general good cheer at a time of year when many of us might feel at our lowest. 

As a Making Light club member you’ll receive: 

*a brand new collection of 12 patterns (plus a few bonuses and surprises), delivered in pairs to your Ravelry library (or inbox) every week. 

*inspiring short reads exploring fresh perspectives on the theme of making light in the dark months of the year

*a beautiful print book which includes all of the club patterns and bonus designs, alongside photographic meditations on our theme of light and dark (taking a similar aesthetic and conceptual approach to our Sark book)

*10% club discount off everything in the KDD shop

The Making Light club will last for 6 weeks (plus a fun bonus week) and begins on January 24th

Will you join us?

You’ll find all the information you need about the club here, and I’ll be back tomorrow to say more about choffer – our beautiful new yarn.

See you then!