the fun begins

revealing our MKAL palettes

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Colour Compass winners!

wrapping up our colourful explorations

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endways

of pullovers and palette picking

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juxtaposing

a superb Colour Compass pattern from guest designer, Sarah Mackay

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Marra

of kindred spirits, or companion colours

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Possit

garter stitch stripes and glorious colour!

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Allover winners!

congratulations to our amazing Allover knitters!

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a year in knitting

Celebrating the colourful, creative labour of the KDD knitting team

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Garden hat

a beautiful garden-inspired hat that seems as much grown as it is made

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sock of the week: no.10

the “everlasting stocking knitters” of Wales

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end of summer knitting

note: links in this post refer back to Ravelry projects and profiles. Perhaps because I worked for so long in universities, September has always had a fresh start-of-a-new-year feel about it to me, and I suspect that might also be the case for anyone who works with (or just enjoys) yarn and knitting. Here at…

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different colourways

One of my favourite things about designing is that, after completing my work on a pattern, I get to see it afresh through the eyes of other knitters who gravitate to different colourways. I love these changes in perspective and often I see a design quite differently when a creative knitter simply reverses the shade…

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Inspiring projects, inspiring patterns

As the summer draws to a close, I thought I’d round up some of the many inspiring projects that have been knitted in recent months from KDD patterns, and show you a couple of new designs in our yarns. Last week, Melanie Berg revealed a stunning shawl in Àrd-Thìr, which reminded me of the beautiful…

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