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Kate Davies
Personal blog · katedaviesdesigns.comculturedesign
Kate Davies's personal blog at katedaviesdesigns.com covers culture and design. Since 2026, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Knitting Bullshit”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in HN threads on AI slop and online communities, and in a discussion of her post 'Knitting Bullshit'. One commenter describes her as a former 18th-century literature scholar who writes about knitting as a means of recovery after a stroke.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Award-winning Scottish publishing and design
Most-linked posts?
- Knitting Bullshit2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-05-06
What Hacker News says?
Related, from a couple of days ago: Knitting Bullshit https://katedaviesdesigns.com/2026/04/29/knitting-bullshit/
Comment linking /2026/04/29/knitting-bullshit/
on “AI Slop Is Killing Online Communities”Submitted Knitting Bullshit as a story · 3 points
HN discussionWow I’d never have expected Kate Davies to show up on Hacker News. I think it’s important to understand her background a bit when she talks about knitting as a matter of life and death. She was a scholar of 18th century literature before she suffered a stroke young[0]. She focused on knitting as a means of recovery and never looked back. She built a business and a community and attributes a lot of her physical and m…
Comment linking /2015/01/28/five-years-on-part-1/
on “Knitting Bullshit”