You’ve Got Snippets: January 18, 2025

Dear knitter,

Happy Saturday!

Our goal: make the shortest month of the year the best month of the year. You know what that means: the most popular knitalong of the MDK year, Bang Out a Sweater, which kicks off on January 31.

You can read all about the knitalong here, and sign up for the three-part workshop with the great Lorilee Beltman here. The workshop is optional, but three sessions with this extraordinary teacher is an incredible opportunity. Last year’s participants raved about the time we had.

As always with an MDK knitalong: all yarns are welcome. We’d love to have you with us.

The Adventure Has Begun

This is the year of a brand-new adventure: the MDK Society. 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 on full-price merchandise in the MDK Shop, throughout 2025.

Take a moment to sign up now and take advantage of our introductory membership price—which will go up this month. Thanks so much to everyone who’s signed up already. More fun ahead!

Meanwhile…

We had a big time on MDK this week.

Our resident Mainer, Clara Parkes can attest: there’s no bad weather, only clothing that’s not wool.

As the days lengthen ever so slightly, Max Daniels and MDK readers recommend words to light our way in 2025.

Sometimes even a big intarsia fan will surprise you: Ann opts for duplicate stitch.

Our pattern scout brings us the best of a bright crop of mood-elevating slipovers.

A dog of any age can learn new tricks from striped knits.

It’s what happens when you put a wool sweater in the dryer, and it’s also a star-studded series to watch while knitting.

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!

The Next Big Thing

A Gorgeous Shawl Workshop on February 7

One of our favorite people, Ann Weaver, joins us to teach mosaic knitting. The project stopped us in our tracks when we first saw it: the Pines and Needles Shawl.

We’ve got three colorways in Ann’s own rare and delectable yarn, Plied.

Not to be missed—sign up here.

The Snippets Show!

The monthly MDK Society Zoom made its world premiere on January 8.

A variety show—about knitting! The highlight was a conversation with our special guests Arne and Carlos, the beloved Norwegian designers.

The Snippets Show is exclusive to MDK Society members, and it’s another great reason to join the MDK Society. Join now for immediate access to the video recording with Arne and Carlos, and to attend all the Snippets Shows to come.

Coming up on February 5, our special guest will be the one and only Franklin Habit, MDK’s man in Paris! Sign up here. You’ll be glad you did—we are loading up the year with good things.

This March: A Gathering of Knitters in Nashville

Tickets are now on sale for Nash Yarn Fest, coming March 14-15, 2025. Check out the NYF website to get a peek at our growing vendor list—it’s juicy!

Nash Yarn Fest will be 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.

Joy in a Box

The ultimate starter kit of knitting essentials. Beautiful materials that make knitting a joy: Atlas yarn, needles and notions, a tape measure, and a notions bag. Plus—Skill Set: Beginning Knitting to start your journey with ease.

A Few Left

The ultimate stack of knitting inspo: The MDK Field Guide Collection is all 28 Field Guides in both print and ebook editions. That’s more than 50% off the single-copy price.

Looking for a Bargain?

Hop over to the MDK Sale page.

Build a Beautiful Knitting Community with Us!

The MDK Society is our vision of what a knitting community can be—online and in real life. The benefits of membership are amazing—and there are surprises in the works, too.

We need you, and we will be delighted to have you—please join the MDK Society. The savings start immediately—10 percent off on events, and in the MDK Shop all year long!

If you’re interested in our thinking behind the MDK Society, we share that here. The upshot: We want to keep MDK’s wonderful daily content freely available to all, without cheesy ads (ew) or sponsored content (nope)—and we want to focus more on knitting and fun and less on marketing.

 Your MDK Society membership will help us make it happen. Thank you so much.