spring – KDD & Co

early days

By: Kate Davies Designs March 9, 2024March 9, 2024

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enjoying the transition into spring

gorse / Glenan

By: Kate Davies Designs May 6, 2022May 6, 2022

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a jolly yellow vest, for Spring

an airy sweater

Mel thinks she’s knitted herself a sweater but Kate has other ideas

a walk to the lightning tree

By: Kate Davies Designs May 24, 2017May 24, 2017

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Yesterday Tom produced a short time lapse of a short walk to and from the apple tree, and I thought you might like to see it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iDeYuukI6Y The walk takes you from where the top of our garden meets the west Highland way, and up the hill, to the edge of the Auchengillan estate. On…

you say “potato” . . .

By: Kate Davies Designs April 25, 2015April 25, 2015

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Hiya! It is I, Bruce. Today I am here to tell you about a delicious and intriguing object: the POTATO. Also known as “tattie” or “spud”, and, often (for some mystifying reason) prefixed with the adjective “humble”, the POTATO is one of my all-time favourite foods. Together with other wondrous food-objects (for example, CHICKEN, SAUSAGES…

between weathers

By: Kate Davies Designs March 14, 2015March 14, 2015

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Finally! A break in the weather. It is beginning to feel vaguely Spring-like at last. Primroses! Things in bloom on my doorstep again! Bruce and I have been making the most of the weather on our daily walks. You can see the water levels of Loch Lomond are rather high – a result of the…

Scottish bluebells

By: Kate Davies Designs May 27, 2014May 27, 2014

inspiration, knitting, Scotland, seasonal, walking, West Highlands, wildflowers, YOKES!bluebell woods, bluebells, Brig O'Turk, Glen Finglas, Scotland, Scottish bluebells, spring, wildflowers79 Comments

I am currently working on a bluebell-inspired design for my forthcoming YOKES collection. I am certainly not short of inspiration, as you currently can’t move for bluebells round here. Discovering these lovely flowers blooming in the woods and hills around me this Spring has really been an unexpected delight. On every walk, I seem to…