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You’ve Got Snippets: April 15, 2023
Dear knitter,
Welcome to your Saturday!
Olga in Nashville
Exciting news! We’re writing with a cordial invitation for you to join us for a weekend of truly fascinating workshops.
One of our favorite designers, Olga Buraya-Kefelian, is coming to MDK World Headquarters in Nashville for two days of in-depth workshops, June 10 and 11.
We’re thrilled to have this special time with Olga, where we’ll go deep into the amazing knitting designs that have made Olga such a star knitting designer.
Here’s the link to the registration page, where you’ll find all the details about this exciting weekend. Once you fill out this registration page, we’ll email you a link on Monday morning for making payment.
Our in-person workshops are becoming a treasured part of what MDK is all about. We can’t wait to spend time with you!
An Excellent Deal
It’s MDK Gems time, friends! This month’s MDK Gems shine their light on a yarn that’s a favorite blend of fibers and a fun-to-knit, chic slipover: Nua Sport and Carol Feller’s Trellis Top for Field Guide No. 14: Refresh.
Here’s the deal: We’re including an ebook download of Field Guide No. 14: Refresh with every order of Nua Sport now through Wednesday, April 19.
And if you’re a Field Guides Subscriber for 2023, there’s a cherry on top: you can use your subscriber coupon code for 10 percent off Nua Sport. Subscribers get 10 percent off, every time they shop, all year long. Subscribe here, for a year of Field Guide inspiration, plus our eternal gratitude for your support of all the fun at MDK.
Carol Feller Zoom on Monday: Don’t Miss It!
We’re super excited to catch up with Carol Feller in a Zoom conversation on Monday, April 17 at 11:00 am Central time.
Join us as we talk about all that Carol’s up to right now, and we’ll definitely get into the designs she created for MDK Field Guide No. 14: Refresh.
Editor’s Note: If you missed our Zoom conversation with Carol, check your Saturday, April 22 Snippets for the event recording link. Not signed up for Snippets? The sign up window is here. Snippets is our free weekly roundup of articles and MDK happenings.
Meanwhile . . .
We had a big time on MDK this week.
New yarn alert! Spincycle’s newest yarn, Trine (rhymes with divine) is a triumph. MDK’s trusty pattern scout found seven great ways to give Trine a try.
In the latest installment of Ask Patty, Patty Lyons tackles two perennial (and related) challenges: when the family doesn’t get your love of knitting, and how to find knitting family.
It’s knitting-adjacent, and it’s amazing. Jeni Hankins took us with her to a fascinating new textile exhibition at London’s Tate Modern.
The first typeface inspired by and made for knitters is here, and it’s got Kay’s needles clacking like an old Smith-Corona.
Our Atlas Insider DG Strong has been out and about, and he says we’re lucky he came back.
Remember to enter this week’s giveaway by midnight Central time Sunday night. One lucky winner will be able to pack it all up—in our Baggu Skill Set Tote.
Stay healthy, take care of each other, and knit on.
Love,
Ann and Kay
April Gems
From now through Wednesday, April 19, when you order any quantity of Nua Sport, we’ll include a free PDF download of Field Guide No. 14: Refresh, a collection of four patterns using Nua Sport. It’s a $9.95 value.
Rhymes with “Mine all mine.”
New yarn alert! Just in: Brilliant marled color—Spincycle’s latest confection: Trine. See seven ways to knit up this marlicious yarn here.
And … Trine pairs with Dream State for colorwork that wows.
Box of (lots of) Joy
The Skill Set Box of Joy is finally back in stock—and in a beautiful new colorway.
We’ve been amazed at its popularity. It’s the best way we know to share the joy of knitting with someone special. If you’ve been waiting for its return, get it while we’ve got it.
Take Your Temp
If this is your year to knit a temperature blanket, you’re in good company. Kay had so much fun last year that she’s doing it again.
Our popular Temperature Blanket Starter Packs make the hard part—picking colors—easy. Each pack has 11 or 22 skeins of Rowan Felted Tweed. Plus: you’ll save 10 percent off the single-skein price.
We’ll be cheering you on in the MDK Lounge, where your fellow temperature blanketeers are full of ideas, opinions, and advice.
Oh my goodness, these fabulous Nashville knitting opportunities keep coming up and this has become the wrong time in my life to take advantage (for a variety reasons!j. Olga is a real gem of a designer with such an inventive mind. You guys out there there, Run don’t walk to this workshop. I wish I could!
My situation as well. I wanted to register for this as soon as I saw it and then realized that the dates were impossible for me. Hoping I can make one in the future.