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AstragalAn astragal is a tapered, ogee shape - often used in traditional plaster work or moulding. This hat features a series of interlocking ogee sha...

BaffiesBaffies is the Scots word for house slippers, and these two-colour stranded baffies have a neat and nifty construction.  Made from the toe up, ...

BieldyAn old Scots word for cosy or sheltered is a fitting name for a pair of colourwork slippers with which to warm your feet on cold winter evenings...

Brilliant CornersBrilliant Corners is a tune by Theolonius Monk with a ternary (three-part) structure.  Like Monk’s intriguing composition, the three-...

Catharine Macaulay A classic textured sock for a classy eighteenth-century radicalThis is the second pattern in our Bluestocking club, in which we exp...

Codlin HeidThe triangular motifs of this bold two-tone hat recall the shapes of fishes in profile - Codlin Heids.One size to fit head with 51-56cm / 2...

Cowal :: Cowl A long, cosy cowl with a tapered shape and twisted stitches.Sizing: One size, to fit average adult head / neck.Circumference: 56cm / 22i...

Dathan hap and glovesDathan is a Gaelic word for colourful.  These two patterns feature 15 shades of Milarrochy Tweed, allowing you to explore and exp...

 EaswasA cosy, slouchy hat, whose geometric lines recall criss-crossing rafters. Easwas - literally "eaves walls" - is a colloquial Scots term for a h...

Elizabeth CarterA toe-up sock ‘receipt’ in three sizes—Kate's go-to sock or stocking. The pattern is named for the famous but notoriously shy eighteen...

Elizabeth MontaguThese socks (or stockings) are named for eighteenth-century Bluestocking woman of letters, Elizabeth Montagu, , and are designed to c...

Elizabeth MontaguThese stockings are named for eighteenth-century Bluestocking woman of letters, Elizabeth Montagu, and are designed to celebrate the ...

 EskThese simple slippers feature a pattern called "lizard" in Norah Gaughan's Twisted Stitch Sourcebook. Esk or ask are common names in Scots and nor...

FittygomashFancy socks for chilly feet. For Orcadians, fittygomash is: "a kind of dance to warm cold feet by two persons facing one another and kickin...

Green Shoots MittensA jolly pair of mittens, to keep your hands warm in the last months of winter - while you look forward to brighter days ahead.Patt...

Green Shoots TamA jolly tam for January, looking forward to brighter days aheadFeaturing our brand-new Foxglove shade of Milarrochy Tweed, this tam is...

 GruggleA cosy cowl, with a funnel shape and a geometric allover pattern. In old Scots, a gruggle is an angle or a corner.  This two-skein design is p...

Hat 101This hat was the 101st pattern for hand-knitting that I published. It is a sampler of many things I enjoy about making colourwork hats: simple ...

JinkiesThese gauntlets and mitts feature an addictive pattern that twists rhythmically back and forth. Jinkies are “nooks and crannies” in old Scots. ...

Knitting Season HatA slightly-slouchy colourwork beanie, in a bold two-tone styleTo fit head circumference: 51-56cm / 20-22in; Hat circumference (unst...

KokkeluriThese cosy mittens feature large floral motifs and densely stranded palms (for warmth) together with vikkel braids and i-cord, for a neat fin...

Lord of the Isles Every kilt looks that wee bit smarter when accompanied by a sleek pair of hand-knitted hose. This pattern features a simple, sinuous...

MacKinnonA colourful hat, named for Archibald MacKinnon, the resourceful artist who created Davaar’s painted cave.Size: To fit head circumference: Sma...

Maria JonesA collaboration with Stephen Mullen of Glasgow University, whose work illuminates legacies of slavery in Scotland. This pair of socks combi...

Mary DelanyStranded colourwork socks, with a floral trellis motif, for multi-talented eighteenth-century botanist and maker, Mary DelanyThis is the si...

Mercy Otis WarrenA pair of bold blue socks to celebrate the poet, essayist and early historian of the United States, whose political arguments were in...

Paper CavesA long, cosy scarf, with reversible cables and integrated i-cord edging.Sizing: One size (length adjustable) - width 23cm / 9in x length 20...

Peerie FlooersOne of Kate's most popular hat designs (as featured in the BBC TV series "Shetland"!)  in seven fresh, floral shades of Milarrochy Tweed...

Phillis Wheatley PetersA bold, colourful pair of stockings designed to honour an eighteenth-century black poet: the first woman of African descent to ...

PouzleIn Scots, to pouzle is to potter about. These simple slippers (with an interesting construction that might initially seem a little pouzl-ing) ar...

 QuhirlA simple encircling headband with a braided appearance. Quhirl is an old Scots word applied to many circular things, from millstones to spindle...

Sarah Scott (anklet)This is the seventh pattern in our Bluestocking club, in which we explore the lives and work of eighteenth-century women writers -...

Sarah Scott (stocking)This is the seventh pattern in our Bluestocking club, in which we explore the lives and work of eighteenth-century women writers...

Signals & NoiseA nautical watch hat.Sizing: One size to fit head with 51-56cm / 20-22in circumferencePattern or Kit?Choose "pattern only" (for sin...

SiòrrA graphic hat for cold winter days. Siòrr is a Scottish Gaelic word for a long walk or wander.SizingSmall: to fit head with 50-52cm / 19½-20½in c...

SSSSH = Schiehallion stripe swatch sampler hatA simple, slightly slouchy hat with which you can play with stripes and swatch your favourite Schiehalli...

StarkinStarkin is a Scots word suggesting anything that's vital and energetic. These bold star-adorned mitts or fingerless gloves are certainly full o...

The DoirlinnLike their namesake continually shifting between two elements of land and water, these nifty mitts swiftly transform into cosy flip top mi...

The Queen of AuchtachoanCelebrating the colours of Cowal in seven shades of Milarrochy Tweed.Sizing: To fit head circumference 51-56cm / 20-22inPatter...

ThwarterThese jolly colourwork gauntlets are knitted at a dense gauge to create a warm winter fabric. The tops can be worn long, over the fingers, or ...