Ann Weaver

Designer, Writer, Editor · Baltimore, Maryland

Ann Weaver sees knitting patterns in container ships, Tom Waits lyrics, Moby-Dick, classic cocktails, and the work of artists like Josef Albers and Mark Rothko. When she is not traveling to teach knitting workshops, Ann lives in Baltimore, where she works as a freelance editor and writer and spends her free time volunteering and working to bring change to her community. You can follow Ann on Instagram and find her designs Ravelry, where her username is weaverknits.

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Pines and Needles Shawl: Virtual Workshop with Ann Weaver

Please join us on February 7 for an exciting virtual workshop with Ann Weaver. We'll be learning mosaic knitting, a hot new technique—just kidding, it's a hot old technique!— and making the fabulously chic Pines and Needles shawl. Join us! The class includes a bundle of Ann's exquisite hand-dyed yarn, if you choose to include it. We think it's some of the most subtle, brilliant yarn we've ever seen. Scroll down for all the details.

Color: A Cheerful Guide for Knitters, Part V

If your neutrals are not behaving like neutrals, maybe they're not exactly neutral.

MDK Field Guide No. 4: Log Cabin

This is it. This is all you need to get the hang of log cabin knitting. With enormous pride, we introduce our concise guide to a boundless idea. With this easy technique, you'll head off on a grand adventure of beautiful, colorful projects. It's easy. It's addicting. Log cabin knitting allows you to play with color and pattern to spectacular effect. Follow the three inspired patterns, or set off with your own log cabin idea. This book will set you up for a whole new world of fun. Find everything you need to knit these designs in the One-Stop Shop!

Choose digital download or print edition. The print edition includes a free digital download at Ravelry—your unique download code is on the inside back cover. In addition, we’ll download a digital edition to your MDK account as well.

Color: A Cheerful Guide for Knitters, Part IV

Ann Weaver has got us seeing color in a whole new way. A dazzling explanation.

Color: A Cheerful Guide for Knitters, Part III

A squinty look at value.

Color: A Cheerful Guide for Knitters, Part II

Contrast of hue: what it is, and how to turn it up or down.

Color: A Cheerful Guide for Knitters

We can all be "good at color," if we learn a few tricks from color-savvy Ann Weaver.

MDK Field Guide No. 1: Stripes

Be the first on your block to start your collection of MDK Field Guides—little books that explore the big world of knitting. Find everything you need to knit these designs in the One-Stop Shop!

Choose an option: PDF download or paperback print edition. The print edition includes a free digital PDF download—your unique download code is on the inside back cover for Ravelry, and there will be a PDF added to your MDK account as well.