You’ve Got Snippets: September 21, 2024

Dear Knitter,

Happy Saturday!

With MDK Field Guide No. 28: Renewal we have a hit on our hands—we’re so thrilled at the warm welcome it’s received from knitters.

Norah Gaughan, the best in the business, has given us three simply elegant, easeful cardigans—plus two smashing accessories. Get your copy here.

Take a stroll through our beautiful lookbook for this Field Guide, right here.

For a blast of inspiration, watch the recording of our jolly conversation with the one and only, delightful Norah Gaughan.

An Invitation for Next Wednesday: Snippets Live!

Grab your knitting and join us next Wednesday, September 25, at noon Eastern time, for a free Zoom conversation with Ann and our special guest, Florence Spurling. If this British designer’s work is new to you, you’re in for a treat—her designs are fresh and fun. Plus: a preview of Nash Yarn Fest! Sign up here and we’ll email you the Zoom link on the morning of the event.

Coming Up Real Soon

Our next great virtual workshop will be here before you know it! On October 11, learn intarsia with one of its great teachers, designer Florence Spurling. This virtual workshop features the beautifully manageable motifs of Florence’s stunning Elvan Shawl.

We’re offering a gorgeous kit, or you can opt to bring your own yarn and take the class by itself. Read all about it and sign up here.

Reminder: Subscribers Save!

Field Guides subscribers save 10 percent in the MDK Shop, so pick your sweater quantity of Jane, or Felted Tweed and Kidsilk Haze, and join the fun of Field Guide No. 28: Renewal. You’ll have a great project to knit and a wonderful garment that’s ready in time for the change of season. And remember: the subscriber discount also applies to virtual events too!

Meanwhile…

We had a big time on MDK this week.

It’s one of our favorite traditions: a pattern-by-pattern romp through the designs featured in our new Field Guide. We’ve been waiting impatiently to share these with you—so here we go:

Kay’s playing favorites with this one: the Bolin cardigan.

Long, lean, and with a hint of Victorian chic, it’s the Addams cardigan.

Simplicity, texture, and deft details made Ann choose the Jacobs cardigan for her starter project.

And for the appetizer course—or dessert—two delicious small projects.

Max Daniels challenges us to go beyond the survival checklist as the seasons change, and set course for joy.

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!

When you shop with MDK, take a workshop, and share our content with your knitting friends, you’re also 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 personal 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!

Explore Field Guide No. 28: Renewal

The New Lookbook Is Here!

The yarns for this Field Guide are really beautiful, and we want you to get to them as easily as possible. Thus: a brand-new, shoppable lookbook for you.

Jump right in and plan for sweater weather, right here.

Learn Intarsia

Please join us on October 11 for this exciting workshop with Florence Spurling. Intarsia is one of the most creative knitting techniques—it’s like painting with yarn. Her Elvan Shawl is perfect for learning the technique—and we have an optional yarn kit too. Sign up for our exciting virtual workshop, right here!

Meet Our Teacher

Florence Spurling is that amazing combination of designer and teacher.

Originally from Oxfordshire, England, she trained in London where she received a Masters in Textile Design from The Royal College of Art. Florence is passionate about creating unique, tactile, and desirable fabrics that display her love of detail and craftsmanship.

Jane is Here

Who’s Jane? She’s our brand-new, MDK-exclusive, DK-weight yarn.

One hundred percent British wool, made in Yorkshire.

To see Jane knitted up into 15 of the most beautiful patterns out there, take a leisurely stroll through our fabulous Jane lookbook. It’s the ultimate Pattern Scout!

A Win-Win for MDK—and Your Knitting!

We hear from knitters who read Snippets every Saturday—in their PJs! Putting together Snippets (sometimes in PJs ourselves) is our favorite weekly project—for ten years now. We never take your readership for granted, and we never clutter up the posts you love with ads.

That’s extraordinary in this overstimulated age.

We need your help to keep MDK free of charge, and free of ads. One of the best ways to show support is collecting the MDK Field Guides. Check out this nifty way to build your own bundle of these little books at a very nice savings.