You’ve Got Snippets: November 30, 2024

Dear knitter,

Happy Saturday!

We’ve barely finished doing the dishes after the Thanksgiving feast, and we’re already scheming and dreaming about next week’s cookie swap here at MDK. (Kay is coming down from New York, and she’s packing shortbread!)

But in the moments when we’re not actually baking, we’ve been cooking up our special holiday offer for you.

Here it is:

FREE U.S. SHIPPING when you order $75 or more in MDK merchandise. No coupon code needed.

Offer runs through Monday, December 2. Please understand that no retroactive discounts are possible on previous orders placed before Nov. 27.

Note! Further 10% savings are possible for Field Guide subscribers and MDK Society charter members. (FG subscribers: your code was emailed to you on Nov. 4. MDK Society members: your code appears in your order confirmation email when you joined.)

This is a big deal for us—MDK doesn’t get volume discounts on shipping the way mass merchants do. We don’t have our own trucks, or even a drone. It costs us the same as it would cost you to mail a package. But we love a deal as much as anybody, and we love giving you a break on U.S. shipping.

Our hope is that you’ll cozy up for a bit with our Holiday Shop lookbook (here it is!) and find something great, to give or to get for yourself.

Cyber Monday is Already Here!

The totally made-up holiday of Cyber Monday gives us the chance to celebrate the digital version of our pride and joy, the MDK Field Guides, with an incredible offer.

Now through next Wednesday, December 4, over on Ravelry.com, all MDK Field Guide ebooks are a whopping 50 percent off. $4.98 per Field Guide. An entire dreamy little book of gorgeous designs for 5 bucks.

This offer is good for all 28 Field Guides—including the new one, MDK Field Guide No. 28: Renewal, with six stunning designs by the great Norah Gaughan. Jump on it!

The Knitting Group We Want to See in the World

The MDK Society is our vision of what a knitting community can be—online and in real life. The benefits of membership are many—and we’re plotting fab surprises, too. A big thank you to the hundreds of newly minted MDK Society charter members!

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! Special MDK Society programming (surprises are afoot!) and other benefits will begin in January.

Reminder for 2024 Field Guide Subscribers: use your subscriber coupon code for November to get 10 percent off when you join the MDK Society.

Meanwhile…

We had a big time on MDK this week.

Get out your swatch magnifier! Yarn detective Jillian Moreno did a side-by-side investigation of MDK’s yarns, Atlas and Jane, that is fascinating.

How was your Thanksgiving? Do you have any good stories? Kay has a sweet one, and so do many folks in the comments. (Bonus: recipes from the Great Plains!)

Here’s a confession: you can’t always knit to our Knit to This recommendations; sometimes they’re too absorbing, even for garter stitch. But Adrienne Martini thinks you should watch this one anyway.

Winter is on its way (for some of us), which means it’s time for Adrienne (a double-dose this week!) to knit a sweater for a beloved (and four-legged) family member.

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. It’s a daily challenge to make our tiny business go, and we’re grateful to everyone who helps us do that. 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!

Coming up this Friday: Journal with Felix Ford!

We’re busy searching out where all the rubber stamps have gotten to and sticking stickers into our journals, in joyful anticipation of Felix Ford’s journaling workshop coming up on December 6.  It’s an incredible deal for what we know will  be a life affirming, joyful experience on so many levels. Find out more and sign up here.

The MDK Holiday Shop

Dip Into This D.I.Y. Dye Kit!

The simplest way to dye wool!

Dive into the world of dyeing your own yarn with this kit of 10 Wool Tincture Dyes. Each bundle includes 6 skeins of undyed MDK Atlas yarn, so you can get started right away! Choose from 4 brilliant colorway options.

Now on MDK

Our superfun Nash Yarn Fest merch has a new home on the MDK Shop page. Get your gear before the big day and be on the lookout—even more snazzy swag to come!

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.