heids, hands, feet

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...

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...

EaswasDESCRIPTIONA cosy, slouchy hat whose geometric lines recall criss-crossing rafters. Easwas – literally “eaves walls” – is a colloquial Scots ter...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...