Making Light by Kate Davies

Kate Davies Designs

Making Light by Kate Davies

£25.00

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Celebrating the seasonal contrast between darkness and illumination, in this collection of two-tone knits, Kate Davies has created a book full of cold-weather inspiration.

A trick of the light that’s only ever seen in Winter is echoed in the structural motifs of Sun Pillars, while the spectacle of planetary alignment inspired allover colourwork hoody, Clanjamfrie. Kate has an abiding love of bold, rhythmic, two-tone patterns, which she explores through classic silhouettes like the Blue Monk gansey and Lilias Day yoke pullover, alongside contemporary shapes like oversized, drop-sleeved Ciar.

All of these pieces are intended to be both warm and practical: why not knit a cosy smock with accommodating pockets or a deep-fronted cowl which can be squirrelled away inside a jacket and bundled up around the ears?

Featuring fourteen gloriously graphic designs, and including twisted stitches and structural lace to complement Kate’s signature colourwork, you’ll be truly spoilt for choice while Making Light.

104 pp. Designed and printed here in Scotland.
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104 pages

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Kate Davies Designs, Glasgow.
My name is Kate Davies. I live by Scotland’s West Highland Way where I love writing, knitting walking, and swimming in the wonderful landscapes that surround me. I find that each of these activities has a creative and a critical dimension and the best of possible worlds is one in which I productively combine them all.

Knitting is one of my greatest loves, and in 2010 (when a stroke at the age of 36 ended my academic career) I began Kate Davies Designs (KDD) creating digital patterns for hand knitters. The business lent me a platform to combine my skills in research, writing and design, and rapidly grew into a small publishing company through which I began to produce my own books. In Colours of Shetland (2012), Yokes (2014), Buachaille: At Home in The Highlands (2015), The Book of Haps (2016), Shetland Oo (2016), Inspired by Islay(2017), Happit (2017), West Highland Way (2018) Shore (2018) and Milarrochy Heids (2018) I bring my passions for historical writing and practical creativity together. Nothing makes me happier than seeing knitters all over the world enjoying my books and making and wearing my designs.

Category: Aran & Worsted Pattern, Book, Headwear, Kate Davies Designs, Knitting, Pattern, Shawl/Scarf, Sport Pattern, Top, £20 - £29.99