A YEAR OF FUN
Join the MDK Society 2026 now so you can enjoy the amazing guests coming to The Snippets Show. January: Joji Locatelli. February: Stephen West.
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All about cables: a new virtual class from the masterful Lorilee Beltman. This Friday Jan. 9!
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What's Your Waffle Going to Look Like?
By Ann Shayne 50
Getting ready for Bang Out a Sweater, we're thinking about color combos. (Here are 14 possibilities.) (We could do this all day.)
Check Under the Cushions: A Stitch Marker Medley
By Julia Farwell-Clay 104
What can't a humble stitch marker do?
The MDK Society: Our Community
A cordial invitation to become a member of the MDK Society 2026, our online community of people who love to knit and be together, online and in real life.
When you join the MDK Society, you’ll receive many valuable benefits through the end of 2026. You’ll also make MDK’s daily content available to the knitting community at large. Joining the MDK Society will definitely benefit you—and it will also benefit knitters everywhere.
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IN TOWN? COME SEE US IN NASHVILLE!
We’ve created a little shop at MDK World Headquarters, 441 Atlas Drive, filled with special things you won’t find online, plus our exclusive yarns, tools, and notions. Open just a bit, Mondays and Fridays, 11:00-3:00. Closed December 29, January 2.
New to Knitting?
OR NEED A REFRESHER?
Skill Set: Beginning Knitting is a perfect little book. You got this.
About MDK
We’re Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner. Thanks for being here! We hope you’ll come often and be a part of this community of people who can’t quite seem to knit enough.
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