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two iolas

By: Kate Davies Designs August 17, 2023August 17, 2023

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two beautiful Iolas

a year in knitting

Celebrating the colourful, creative labour of the KDD knitting team

Mel knits again

By: Kate Davies Designs August 4, 2013August 4, 2013

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In case you hadn’t already realised, Mel really is my right-hand woman where this designing lark is concerned. She is an incredible knitter and I am very fortunate that she has the time and inclination to test out my designs. Mel is in many ways a much more exacting craftswoman than I, and her experience…

boreal tropical

By: Kate Davies Designs December 16, 2011April 27, 2014

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Here, as promised, is Mel’s Boreal – which we photographed in the palm houses at the Botanical Gardens. Mel used two shades of teal for her sweater (Artesano aran shades c740, and 8316) , and reversed the light-on-dark, dark-on-light order of the colourwork. The effect is more subtle than the high-contrast, highly-festive look I’m sporting…