Woolly Originals

By: Kate Davies Designs
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place, pattern and colour combine in beautiful, original design

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shades and swatches

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Hello! I’m happy to say we’ve just about completed all our behind-the-scenes admin, and have been able to reopen the KDD online shop today. Among the new things you’ll find there is our just-published 10 Years in the Making book (beautifully produced for us by Glasgow’s Bell & Bain), plus two brand new shades of…

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Peerie Flooers kits

By: Kate Davies Designs
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A happy Beltane to you! It being the time of buds and flowers and new growth, I have today released kits of what is probably my most Spring-like design. Yes, Peerie Flooers is a woolly hat, but this is Scotland and a hat always comes in useful, whatever the season. I think the linchpin of…

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We made a Tea Towel!

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The time has come to reveal something I’ve been extremely excited about for some time. The Kate Davies Designs tea towel! My pal Felix (AKA KnitSonik artiste extraordinaire, Felicity Ford) has been hand-drawing schematic illustrations for me for a while. Now, I may be able to design a sweater, but I really am totally rubbish…

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