You’ve Got Snippets: May 25, 2024

Dear knitter,

Happy Saturday!

Not one, but two exciting virtual events to announce today.

Zoom with Fatimah Hinds!

Big fun: we’re celebrating the arrival of MDK Field Guide No. 27 with a virtual launch party. Our special guest: Fatimah Hinds, whose four sparkling designs are the star of this Field Guide. Please join us on Friday, May 31, noon-1 p.m. Eastern. It’s free! Sign up here and we’ll send you the Zoom link on the morning of the event.

Announcing: The Craft Hut Is Back!

A beloved MDK tradition returns for a third year. On July 19, we’re heading back into the Craft Hut for a brand-new virtual summer camp. We’re already itching to dive in on this new project, and we love the teacher so much.

What’s it going to be? Read all about MDK Summer Camp 2024 and sign up here.

Meanwhile …

We had a big time on MDK this week.

What happens when AI starts writing knitting patterns? As Suzan Colón found out, the results are hilarious—for now.

Take a week off with Ann—in Venice!

Feeling a hankering to knit a fingering-weight sweater? Dana Williams-Johnson says go for it.

One weird trick from Kay.

Max Daniels has some ideas for how to make things nice for yourself when you’re on the road.

Skorts, shorts, shoes, and whether there is an age limit for wearing a knitted skirt—these are just a few of the topics covered in a jolly Zoom conversation with America’s sweetheart, designer Nell Ziroli. Watch it here.

We Pay It Forward

At MDK, our mission is to make fun for you. Every morning, we bring you the best writers, teachers, and knitting, free of charge and free of ads. This is only possible because of your purchases from the MDK Shop—thank you! We pay your support forward to a host of writers, designers, and small, independent businesses. It’s a good thing!

Questions? Email us anytime at hello@moderndailyknitting.com, and you’ll get a prompt personal response from a real live MDK person.

Stay healthy, take care of each other, and knit on.

Love,

Ann and Kay

PS Please forward this Snippets to a knitter—we appreciate it so much!

Open House!

You’re cordially invited to MDK World Headquarters for an open house to kick off a summer of knitting. Shopping, snacks, and a bunch of happy knitters to hang out with—what could be better?

Special guests will be joining us, so excited.

Date: Saturday, June 8

Time: 9 a.m-2 p.m.

Address: 441 Atlas Drive, Nashville, Tennessee

This is a free event, but please register here so we can lay in enough snacks.

A Great Skirt and A Great Deal

We heard you, loud and clear! You liked our MDK Gems deal for May so much that we sold out of several colors of Rowan Creative Linen before everybody could get in on the fun—so we resupplied, and we’re extending the offer through this weekend.

From now through Monday, May 27, Rowan Creative Linen is 10% off. No coupon code needed.

Plus! Nell Ziroli is giving us a 25% discount on her Shakerag Skirt pattern. Use the coupon code shakeMDK right here, and you’ll be all set for a quick knitalong that will give you a cute skirt in a yarn made for summer.

Did you catch our Zoom visit with Nell? You can watch the recording here.

Mark your calendars for Nash Yarn Fest, coming next year: March 14-15, 2025.

A time to celebrate everything we love about the knitting world, in a beautiful venue in the heart of friendly, fascinating Nashville. To learn, to shop, to be entertained, to hang out and make new friends and reunite with dear ones.

Above all, Nash Yarn Fest is going to be a party for the ages.

To keep up with vendors, events, tickets, and news, sign up for Nash Yarn Fest updates here.

Superfun Stuff

Explore the stuff we are loving right now—beautiful yarn, essentials to stock up on, and the odds and ends we keep with us on a daily basis. Plus—sweet deals you don’t want to miss, right here on the MDK Sale page.

Choose Your Faves

Here’s a fun thing: we have 26 Field Guides in our collection—delectable, small excursions into all sorts of beautiful knitting from a who’s who of designers.

Order 3 or more Field Guides, and save 15%. It’s conceivable to make a bundle of all 26, just sayin. Have a peek now.

Mailbox Fun!

If you’re loving Field Guide No. 26: Moss, we’ve got great news: MDK will publish two more MDK Field Guides in 2024. Subscribing to the MDK Field Guides of 2024 is the best way to experience them, a truly VIP experience.

Subscribing brings many benefits, including 10% savings on every MDK full-price item, all year long—including events! Subscribers get first access to each new Field Guide, and we ship subscriber copies before the official launch date. Check it out, and subscribe here.