You’ve Got Snippets: March 30, 2024

Dear Knitter,

Welcome to your Saturday!

Time is short—preorders for the Scout Shawl Bundle are open through March 31, aka TOMORROW! Read all about it here, and preorder your bundle here.

MDK Rule No. 72: No project is too ambitious if you crave the result enough. This rule has inspired us to take on our most mind-expanding projects.

That’s Florence Spurling’s Scout Shawl up top. We crave, we crave! Such a mesmerizing combination of color, pattern, and construction.

We frankly wondered if other intrepid knitters would feel the way we feel about this project. Judging by early response, we’re not the only ones.

Patty Lyons!

For the first time, the Queen of Clever will be teaching a virtual class at MDK. Patty Lyons has more tricks up her sleeve than the Amazing Alakazam. We’re thrilled that she’s cooking up a special class just for us. Register here for this May 10 funfest.

Reader Joan Gavigan puts it best: “I have been to a couple of Patty’s classes at VK Live in NYC. She is a fabulous teacher. You get your money’s worth because she stays on target and gets through a lot of material. By the time you finish the class you REALLY have learned something. The cost of this class is a steal, truly a steal. I’m signing on as soon as I can:)”

Meanwhile…

We had a big time on MDK this week.

Oh, the tenderest tale from Samantha Brunson. A story like hers is pretty much why we publish this site.

Competitive glass blowing: our kind of reality competition.

Double-pointed needles making you nervous? Kate Atherley shows us another way, three in fact.

Knitting comfortably: a compendium of Carson Demers’s wisdom on how to take care of our bodies when knitting.

As spring arrives, Dana Williams-Johnson returns with four light sweaters she loves.

A quick reminder: 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 personal response from a real live MDK person.

Stay healthy, take care of each other, and knit on.

Love,

Ann and Kay

Patchwork for Spring

The Scout Shawl is a cool idea, elegantly executed—and we haven’t been able to get it out of our minds. Florence Spurling combined two colorwork techniques: intarsia and stranded knitting, for a skill workout that’s exhilarating yet manageable in scope.

Reminiscent of quilts, stitch samplers, vintage rugs, and boho needlepoint cushions, the Scout Shawl is an opportunity for you to be a total showoff.

We’ve got a bundle for that! To create the Scout Shawl Bundle, we asked the artisan hand dyers at Madeline Tosh to recreate the palette of lush Tosh Merino Light shades that Florence Spurling chose for her photography sample for Scout Mini Shawl. The bundle has enough yardage to knit either the Scout Mini Shawl or its sumptuous big sister, the Scout Shawl.

Make Your Own Field Guide Bundle

Here’s a fun thing: we have 26 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 save 15%—and you’ll soon receive a delivery of little books that will inspire, amuse, and set you to knitting something new. It’s conceivable to make a bundle of all 26, just sayin. Have a peek now.

Crowberry Sweater Dreams

Thinking of using Léttlopi for your Crowberry Sweater? We love that idea! Here’s how to make the switch—plus some sweet colorway suggestions from MDK’s best color minds.

Little Bundles of Iceland for You

Great news! We’re back in stock on the yarn bundles for Hélène Magnússon’s designs in Field Guide No. 26: Moss—check them out.

More Field Guides Ahead: Subscribe Now

If you’re loving Field Guide No. 26: Moss, we’ve got great news: MDK will publish two more MDK Field Guides in 2024. We are working on them right now, and we can’t wait to show you what’s in store. Subscribing to the MDK Field Guides of 2024 is the best way to experience them, a truly VIP experience.

Subscribing brings many benefits, including 10% savings on every MDK full-price item, all year long—including events! Subscribers will get first access to each new Field Guide, and we ship subscriber copies before the official launch date. Check it out, and subscribe here.

We Get Letters

For the Crowberry Sweater: “Such a beautiful sweater!!!! This is a doable, enjoyable pattern: the hem, the yoke, the cuffs, the details, the fit, more. Loved every stitch. Enjoy the knitalong, everyone!”

For the Bang Out a Sweater Virtual Workshop with Lorilee Beltman: “The best class I’ve ever taken.” Another class member rates it “5 stars.”

Hashtag #MDKluv: “Thank you for each post, each pattern, each how-to, each what to watch, recipe, explanation why things get wonky and where to travel and let’s not even forget about the gnome sensation you have kickstarted! MDK enhances my daily life.”