You’ve Got Snippets: December 23, 2023

Dear knitter,

Welcome to your Saturday!

If you love knitting, and also bargains, we’ve got big news for you: our Year End Sale is on!

Head over to our Year End Sale page, where you’ll find savings of up to 50% on beautiful things we love, for knitters and non-knitters. We just added a few new things, and increased the savings on the adorable Joji and Co. Recoleta Bag to 35% off.

This year has been a wacky ride for us and for many others in the knitting business. If MDK is an important part of your knitting life, please help keep us going by shopping with us. We love what we do, and we appreciate your support more than we can say.

Easiest ways to show the love: subscribe to the MDK Field Guides for 2024—so many benefits, and special holiday pricing that ends on January 1! And, of course, that faithful friend of the last-minute shopper, the beloved MDK Gift Card.

Meanwhile . . .

We had a big time on MDK this week.

Wisdom (and a surprise) from yarn expert Jillian Moreno: If you catch the colorwork gauge struggle bus, consider needle material.

With perfect timing, Max Daniels has instant peacefulness techniques for holiday-related overwhelm.

We did it! We did a year!

Kay is in love with a bird.

Department of Yee Haw: our Atlas Insider has figured out an easy way to get himself a sweater with a cowboy on it.

As ever, we thank you all for supporting MDK through thick and thin. Every morning, we bring the best writers, teachers, and knitting to you, free of charge. This is only possible because of your purchases from the MDK Shop—thank you!

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

Savings on Our Bags

It’s 35% off: The Recoleta Bag. Joji and Co.’s cute tote, just the right size. In 5 chic colors. 

See all our bags here. There’s one waiting for you!

Knitter Hats Are Going Fast

When we saw that a certain haute couture house was selling a chic version of the classic ball cap, we were inspired to create one for knitters. We thought you’d like them, but hoo boy—you love them! Get one of the last hats right here.

Those Pencils

Paging MacGyver: everybody needs an emergency knitting needle now and then! We still have a few of those cute MDK Pencil Bundles, the perfect order add-on.

The Best Gear

The perfect mending tin for stitching in a pinch. Gingher Embroidery Scissors, Stork and Epaulette, with a leather cover to protect the wicked sharp blades. The Kacha-Kacha Counter, for those times when keeping it in your head is just a bridge too far. And our tried and true Akerworks Swatch Gauge—the grippy teeth are everything here.

Delight the New Knitter

This is the time of year when we hear from folks who are shopping for the new knitters in their lives. What would a new knitter like?

We do have opinions—well-informed, road-tested opinions—about what new knitters need and want as they embark on the grand adventure of knitting:

Skill Set Box of Joy. Our all-in-one dream box has everything a new knitter needs to get started: perfect yarn, excellent tools, and our concise book, Skill Set: Beginning Knitting.

Field Guide Collection. Our ultimate rabbit hole of inspiration. A new knitter is fascinated by patterns—so many possibilities! On sale right now, huge savings.

Last but not least, for every knitter who’s properly into it: Tulip Interchangeable Needle Set. Bonus: it’s 10% off right now, such a deal!

2024: Start a Journal

With a brand-new year cruising into view, we’re thrilled to recommend the online course that made keeping a journal a joyful mainstay of our lives: Felicity Ford’s self-paced bullet journaling course. Use MDK’s affiliate link and this code: MODERNDAILYKNITSONIK— to enroll for 10 percent off! (Thanks, Felix!)

And order up your journal bundle right here.

Meet Felix! Join Us on January 11, 2024 on Zoom

You’re cordially invited to a free Zoom event on January 11, 2024, at noon eastern time. Our special guest will be Felix Ford, and the main event will be Felix leading us through a fun journaling prompt.

Sign up here, and mark your calendar. On the day of the event, we’ll email you a reminder and the Zoom link.

What do you need to bring? A sheet of paper, a writing implement, and any extras that would add to your fun.

Support What You Love

Lowest price now until January 1! This is the time of year when we ask you to support all the free daily fun at MDK—including everybody’s favorite pajama read, Snippets—by subscribing to the three MDK Field Guides we will publish in 2024.

Subscribers are the wind beneath MDK’s wings, and to show our gratitude, we’ve added more benefits for 2024 subscribers. And our special holiday shop subscription price makes this an easy decision. Subscribe here. And thank you.