yarn – KDD & Co

combining colours: shade selection inspiration

Mastering colour combinations for your Tonnach Cardigan

Selecting shades: Maylin, Claire, Kate C

from cool woodland greens to a funkadelic-inspired hot palette

Selecting shades: the Kate D colourway

put your palette together and get knitting!

brand new shades

the last day of advent – and a brand new palette!

Woolly Originals

place, pattern and colour combine in beautiful, original design

ooskit is coming

By: Kate Davies Designs October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

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new yarn! tomorrow!

schiehallion

By: Kate Davies Designs September 9, 2020September 9, 2020

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Morning, everyone! First up, I should let you know that the KDD shop is once more up and running, and subscriptions to the 10 Years in the Making club are now open! Next, I can finally tell you about our new flagship yarn, Schiehallion This is a yarn that’s been a long time in the…

restock!

By: Kate Davies Designs August 1, 2020January 13, 2021

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For KDD, as for most other small businesses, the past few months have certainly posed their difficulties. I have not talked about such difficulties here: though some things have not been easy, I’m continually reminded that, unlike so many others, absolutely nothing we’ve had to face in any way counts as hardship. I’m grateful for…

Birlinn Yarn love

Hello! Friday is project reveal day, and today I wanted to show you a new iteration of one of my favourite designs of 2019 – the Udal pullover, designed for and with Meg Rodger’s Birlinn Yarn Company. Inspired by one of my favourite Hebridean places, and using Meg’s own fabulously hardy and beautiful Hebridean wool…