You’ve Got Snippets: March 29, 2025

Dear knitter,

Happy Saturday!

Maybe knitting IS the new yoga! We’re floating on good vibes after Suzan Colón’s 90-minute MedKNITation virtual workshop. We love Suzan’s way of combining elements of traditional meditation with meditative knitting.

The live workshop was yesterday, but if you’d like to watch (and rewatch) the video recording, you can still sign up here. Your order confirmation email will include a link to the recording, plus the ebook edition of Suzan’s book MedKNITation, with 30 meditations you can use after the workshop.

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.

We are basking in the warm glow of knitters’ response to this yarn—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 take a break and spend time with our Atlas x Madelinetosh lookbook.

Even better: we loved our Zoom launch party with the brilliant team at Madelinetosh. Grab your knitting and enjoy a great conversation.

Meanwhile…

We had a big time on MDK this week.

Something wonderful—and very unexpected—happened in Paris this month, and Franklin Habit took full advantage of it.

What spinners think about when they think about yarn: Jillian Moreno knows, and tells.

Won’t regret, can’t forget—what Samantha Brunson did for yarn. 

It’s hot, and it’s right now: Ann’s got a new Main Squeeze, and Kay’s back with an old flame.

Here’s something fun: a March bracket for knitters.

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!

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

COME AND GET IT!

Great Virtual Workshops Ahead

April 11: Mending Made Easy: Virtual Workshop with Kate Atherley

With Kate Atherley we are in good hands. A veteran designer, teacher, knitter, and wearer of handknits, she’s seen it all, and she is ready to share no-nonsense mending techniques to save our knits. We’ll leave no longer intimidated by the holes being worn into our socks, because we can mend anything with ease.

Read more and sign up here.

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 28: The Geometery 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 an incredible 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 knit nights, conversation in the MDK Society Lounge forum, and more.

Our Snippets Show guests so far: Arne and Carlos, Franklin Habit, and Natalie Chanin—the video recordings of our chats are available to all MDK Society members, indefinitely.

Our special guest at the next Snippets Show on Wednesday, April 9 will be the one and only Jeanette Sloan, star judge and mentor on the BBC/Britbox Series Make It at Market, and featured designer for MDK Field Guide No. 15. It’s not every day we get to have a chinwag with a recipient of the British Empire Medal!

Make Your Own Field Guide Bundle

Here’s a fun thing: we have 28 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 28, just sayin. Have a peek now.

Looking for a Bargain?

Hop over to the MDK Sale page.