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We have extraordinary good news.

We’re over the moon to announce the designer for the next MDK Field Guide, No. 18.

She is a star in the fiber world, where she is a bold innovator as both a designer and a dyer.

Her exquisite yarns are beloved by knitters and designers all over the globe. We have been proud to carry them in the MDK Shop since the start of our business.

And as a community leader and visionary, she’s forging a path to the world we long to see, immediately. She’s the kind of person who sees a need, and gets busy.

Maybe you’ve guessed—who else could it be?

Karida Collins, the founder and owner of Baltimore’s Neighborhood Fiber Company.

karida is also a frequent knitwear model. Here she’s wearing Rebound, a new design by Ruth Boelkins in NFC Organic Studio Worsted (spoiler alert—coming soon to the MDK shop).

Launch date is just a few weeks away. If you’d like to be among the first to receive your Field Guide No. 18, just sign up now to subscribe to the 2021 series of three Field Guides. We’ll ship your subscription copy of Field Guide No. 17 immediately, and as a subscriber, you’ll get an advance copy of Field Guide No. 18 before it goes on sale. Sign up right here.

What’s the theme of this Field Guide? All will be revealed in good time.

Welcome, Karida Collins! We can’t wait to celebrate your work.

Photograph by Beth Weaver

We’re Zooming with Karida on MDK Field Guide No. 18 launch day Friday, June 4 at 4 p.m. Eastern. Register here for this free event, and we’ll send you the Zoom link on Friday.

53 Comments

  • Can’t wait! Such beautiful yarns.

  • How exciting! I’ve been a fan of Karida and a “collector” if her beautiful yarns since almost the beginning, as hers is a featured yarn at Fibre Space in Alexandria. I’ve never been disappointed with NFC yarn and am looking forward to her designs.

  • Yes! Let the creativity flow! I can’t wait!

  • ….camping out by the window facing the mailbox! I hope what she’s wearing is also in this edition!

  • I’m so glad she’s your designer this time!!!! I love what they do and the yarn is awesome <3

  • The colors! How exciting!

  • Excellent! Looking forward to seeing her designs!

  • I’m thrilled. Hand dyed yarns are my favorite, and Ms Collins is so creative. I can’t wait.

  • Yay! Yay! Yay!

  • Yayayayayayay!

  • Oh, this is just terrific! I really love the way Karida dyes her yarns, and how they knit up.

  • The Swoon and Hamden are my favorite colors! I have not tried sock yarn yet, though I really want to get the feel and making some great socks!

  • Great choice! I’m looking forward to her Field Guide.

  • I bought Field Guide 17. I am excited to see Karida’s patterns for Field Guide #18. I am about 20 miles away from her yarn shop in Maryland but due pandemic have not been able to shop in person. I have ordered yarn online and have been pleased so far. Can you give me a heads up when Field Guide #18 is ready for purchase?

    • Of course we will! The on-sale date is June 4. We can’t wait!

  • How wonderful! What a terrific choice! I really am looking forward to this issue and seeing what Karida has to offer.

  • I can’t wait to see!!

  • I’ve been a fan and consumer of Karida and NFC for many years. I first met Karida at VKL in NYC where she was a vendor. As a former resident of Baltimore, it is a pleasure to see Karida give back to the community and paying homage to the neighborhoods by naming several yarn colors after them. Congrats to Karida!

  • Karida is not only a fabulous fiber person, she has given back over and over and over again to the people in greater Baltimore.

  • Perfect choice!

  • My FG 18 just arrived. OMG. Must knit All.The.Things. Today. ❤️

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