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Bluebells
One of my favourite wild flowers, bluebells transform the woods and glens with their luminous glow throughout the month of May and are one of the undoubted highlights of a Scottish Spring. I think bluebell flowers are at their most lovely when they flip upwards just before they turn to seed, and this is how they are represented on this neatly-fitting, Shetland wool pullover. Stranded colourwork is situated high up on the yoke, necklace style, and the motifs are echoed around the hem and…
Carbeth Cardigan
also available as a kit from the KDD shop
Ásta Sóllilja pattern by Kate Davies Designs
Featuring the Icelandic hammer rose motif, this yoke is named for the dogged protagonist of Halldór Laxness’s dry and incisive Independent People (1954), on whose arrested potential much of the novel turns
Asta Solilja by Kate Davies knitted in Lett-lopi
September 2012 – KDD & Co
7 posts published by KDD during September 2012
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Ásta Sóllilja
Here is today’s yoke – Ásta Sóllilja. I began this design with the idea of using colour to create a transition from deep blue to silver grey around the edges of a jumper. I wanted the e…
Foxglove
Here is another yoke — this one’s name is self-explanatory — Foxglove. One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about my first year of rural living has been the wildflow…
Cherry Heart Blog
Ideally of course I'd be wearing this to model it for you, but if you saw the state of the weather and, well, me this morning, you'...
Còinneach
Còinneach is this week’s West Highland Way club pattern. Còinneach is the Gaelic word for mossy, and it is also the name given to the famous summit above Loch Lomond – Conic Hill. Peopl…
Kate Davies - Yokes
In this exciting new book, writer and designer Kate Davies unravels the tale of one of the Twentieth Century’s most distinctive sweater styles - the circular yoke. From Shetland and Iceland to Canada and Sweden, Kate’s essays and conversations take you on a journey around the North Atlantic, exploring the yoke’s intrig
Carbeth Cardigan
also available as a kit from the KDD shop
Kate Davies - Yokes
In this exciting new book, writer and designer Kate Davies unravels the tale of one of the Twentieth Century’s most distinctive sweater styles - the circular yoke. From Shetland and Iceland to Canada and Sweden, Kate’s essays and conversations take you on a journey around the North Atlantic, exploring the yoke’s intrig
Stronachlachar
A kit for this pattern is available from the KDD shop