You’ve Got Snippets: November 9, 2024

Dear Knitter,

Happy Saturday!

What are you up to this weekend? We prescribe equal parts forest bathing (even if the forest is your local park) and knitting.

Here at MDK, it was another busy week.

Ring Ring Ringaling

Have you seen our annual pride and joy, the MDK Holiday Shop 2024? It’s an extraordinary collection of bundles, workshops, crafts, and gifts, all for you and for the delight of your loved ones. Dive into the Lookbook.

Of course, we had a Zoom party to tell you all about it. The video recording is here.

High Society

We are overjoyed at the warm reception for our brand-new membership, starting in January: a year of fun called the MDK Society.

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.

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.

Meanwhile…

We had a big time on MDK this week.

The crowd roared: Dana Williams-Johnson stared down her fears and cut that steek.

The tenderest of cotton yarns. We knew it had to be a very special baby blanket.

You know the three amazing cardigans, now meet the three amazing Janes for whom they were named.

MDK got a brand-new button (not that kind of button).

The great Patty Lyons has written a brand-new book—all about your knitting!

Your Support Is Everything—Thank You!

At MDK, supporting and elevating the knitting life is all we think about, every single day. It’s vital—and easy—to support MDK.

The best 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!

Going, Going…

We’re down to the last few spots in Patti Odinak’s Nash Yarn Fest Getaway. Patti is an experienced travel guide who knows how to keep a group of knitters happy and well cared for. This trip is going to be a very special way to join the fun at Nash Yarn Fest, next March 14-18. Read all about it and sign up here.

Want to start the NYF celebration early? We’ve got your swag covered:

The MDK Holiday Shop

Kate the Great

Coming up soon! On November 15, technical knitting whiz Kate Atherley will be teaching a new virtual workshop on a topic that readers have clamored for: Reading Patterns and Charts with Confidence.

For knitters of all experience levels, and especially those of us who are proudly self taught, learning from Kate is a game changer. Read all about it, and sign up here. You’ll be so glad you did.

This is a cordial invitation for you to become a charter member of the MDK Society. When you join the MDK Society, you’ll receive many valuable benefits like: savings in the MDK Shop, exclusive talks and Knit Nights, and—of course—an enamel pin.

Find all the details and sign up here.