You’ve Got Snippets: April 12, 2025

Dear knitter,

Happy Saturday!

Whatever you do, open your email from MDK tomorrow, Sunday, April 13, or visit the MDK homepage. We’ve got an exciting announcement we’ve been struggling to keep on the downlow. Find out tomorrow! Until then, our lips are semi-sealed.

Other Excitements

We get it—you’re good at knitting. You’re a dab hand at colorwork techniques: stripes, stranded, brioche—even intarsia. But are you confident about choosing color combinations that will make your projects sing?

If you need help finding your inner Matisse, we have fantastic news: designer and hand-dyer Ann Weaver is bringing us a new virtual class that will rev up your color-picking power. Going beyond color theory, Knitting With Color is a lively exploration of color in fine art, design, knitting, and daily life.

On May 9, join us for a fun 90 minutes of colorful learning with designer and teacher Ann Weaver. The format will be an illustrated talk, on Zoom, and yes—it will be recorded. Read on for all the details and to reserve your place.

This Changes Everything

Thanks to Kate Atherley’s marvelous class yesterday, we are completely different people now—we know how to mend our knits!

It’s not too late to learn basic mends to rejuvenate your favorite handknits. Sign up for Mending Made Easy now, and we’ll send you a link to the video recording in your order confirmation email. Do not tarry—we’ll have to take this class down on Monday.

Meanwhile …

We had a big time on MDK this week.

Nothing says lovin’ like a sweater in the oven, and Clara Parkes says it best! (If you don’t know the old Pillsbury jingle and don’t mind an earworm, here’s a YouTube for ya.)

Jeania Ree V. Moore spent a perfect, pastoral day with local fiber farmers, and rediscovered the importance of in-person community and connection in an increasingly virtual world.

Do you know the m1z? Kate Atherley champions Elizabeth Zimmermann’s clever version of the make-1 increase. 

What are knitting instructions, if not a secret code? We bid a hearty welcome to MDK’s newest contributor, Ashleigh-ellan Kavanagh, who brought us a tale of knitting, espionage, and resistance.

Ann is full of tips this week: making a sweater using speckled hand-dyed yarn. 

Calling all history nerds and/or trash enthusiasts: this one’s for you.

Your Support Is Everything—Thank You!

At MDK, making knitters happy is all we think about, every single day. If you love what we’re doing, it’s vital—and easy—to support MDK.

One great way, of course: join the MDK Society. And also, whenever you shop with MDK, sign up for a workshop, or share our content with others, you’re directly supporting the yarnmakers, artisans, teachers, and writers that we feature here. Thank you!

Questions? Email us anytime at hello@moderndailyknitting.com, and you’ll get a prompt 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 friend—we appreciate it so much!

Our New Baby

It’s here! MDK Field Guide No. 29: Mosaic, with five smashing mosaic designs by Amy Christoffers. Read all about it here, and take a happiness break to leaf through the lookbook here.

Members of the MDK Society receive this Field Guide as part of their membership. If you haven’t yet joined, sign up here—and we’ll send your Field Guide, membership pin, and membership card right away.

You can also order your Field Guide No. 29: Mosaic à la carte, right here, in print + ebook or ebook-only editions.

To celebrate the launch of Field Guide No. 29: Mosaic, we had a grand Zoom party yesterday, with the designer herself as our special guest. Meet Amy Christoffers by watching the recording here.

The Little Knit-a-Thon That Could!

Hearty congratulations to everyone who knit and raised funds last Saturday for Knit for Food. This amazing community effort had a banner year, raising over $530,000 for hunger relief!  We had a blast doing our bit as Team MDK, and we’ll be back again next year. For now, let’s go admire the tote board, and pat ourselves on the back for doing a good thing, together.

A Yarn is Born

Have you heard about MDK’s collaboration with the genius hand-dyers at Madelinetosh? Read the story of Atlas x Madelinetosh here.

Knitters’ response to this yarn has been great—thank you for loving it, buying it, and most of all: knitting with it. If you haven’t done so yet, we hope you’ll spend time with our Atlas x Madelinetosh lookbook.

Even better: grab your knitting and enjoy a great Zoom conversation with the brilliant team at Madelinetosh.

Get Ready for 2026: Nash Yarn Fest Returns

Mark your calendars:

Nash Yarn Fest will return to the Fairgrounds Nashville next year!

The dates: April 17-18, 2026.

We can’t wait to throw this party again, and we hope to see you there. For a taste of the fun to come, read our recap of the 2025 festival here.

In the meantime, make sure you’re on the Nash Yarn Fest mailing list (scroll down for the signup box), so you don’t miss a thing.

Merch Madness

Great Virtual Workshops Ahead

April 25: Brioche Beginnings: Virtual Workshop with Michele Bernstein

The class you’ve been asking us for! Please join us for an afternoon of fun and learning with wonderful designer and teacher Michele Bernstein. Your brioche adventure begins here, much fun ahead.

Read more and sign up here.

May 9: Knitting with Color: Virtual Workshop with Ann Weaver

If you’re in a color rut, or if you ever struggle with picking colors for your projects, we have fantastic news: Ann Weaver is here to unlock the secrets to choosing colors with confidence.

On May 9, join us on Zoom for a fun 90 minutes of colorful learning.

Read more and sign up here.

May 28: The Geometry of Hand-Sewing with Natalie Chanin

Are you curious about hand-sewing? Would you love to have beautiful clothes, custom made for you—by you?

If so, here’s a rare opportunity. On May 28, 2025, we’re hosting a virtual embroidery workshop with the one and only Natalie Chanin.

Read more and sign up here.

It’s the Place to Be

Have you heard about the MDK Society? It’s the knitting community we’ve dreamed about, come to real (and virtual) life. Our charter year is off to a great start, and we hope you’ll join us.

The benefits of charter membership are many—and we will be adding more fun all year long. Members save 10 percent on our wonderful virtual workshops, and in the MDK Shop, throughout 2025.

What we’re most excited about: virtual events and hangouts for Society members. Each month we put on a new episode of The Snippets Show, plus virtual knit nights, conversation in the MDK Society Lounge forum, and more.

Please take a moment to sign up now.

 

Make Your Own Field Guide Bundle

Here’s a fun thing: we have 29 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 you’ll save 15%.

It’s conceivable to make a bundle of all 29, just sayin. Have a peek now.

Looking for a Bargain?

Hop over to the MDK Sale page.