Category: Posts of Note

sock of the week no.5: Jacobite garters

Jun 23, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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

Jun 13, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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Introducing wise and generous Aoife Mc Lysaght
sock of the week no.3

Jun 9, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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Celebrating the world’s first sock knitting book, and its bluestocking author
sock of the week no.2

Jun 2, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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Eighteenth-century stockings in miniature
Mariam Syed

May 30, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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Introducing talented Scottish-Pakistani weaver, Mariam Syed
sock of the week no.1

May 26, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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Philippe Mercier’s popular portrait of an eighteenth-century stocking knitter
a chat with Nicole Pohl

May 19, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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Nicole tells us more about her work on the women of the Bluestocking circle
black teacher

Apr 21, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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Celebrating the work of a trailblazing black British woman writer
other people’s stories

Apr 16, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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On time, memory, and what it means to tell someone else’s story.
creature feature

Apr 14, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

in KDD, Making Stories, Posts of Note

some of the thinking behind the making
¿Quieres bailar?

Apr 11, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

in KDD, Making Stories, Posts of Note

Are ye dancin?
behind the mask

Apr 10, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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accepting that not everything works out is key to the (slow) creative process
work in progress

Apr 9, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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A creative collaboration celebrating performance, parody and play
on not being sure

Mar 29, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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A squeaky toy? A rusty gate? How do we begin to learn about birdsong?
sourdough hot cross buns

Mar 21, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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Tom’s favourite recipe for these delicious, sticky Easter buns
mend

Mar 14, 2021

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Kate Davies Designs

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We celebrate the new edition of Wheesht with this essay exploring the creative work of mending and Celia Pym’s inspiring practice