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Looking for the pattern we’re knitting for Bang Out a Sweater 2026? It’s Amy Christoffers’s Waffle Pullover, in Field Guide No. 29: Mosaic. Get yours right here.

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A sweater in a month! Bang Out a Sweater begins Jan. 30 with Lorilee Beltman's 3-part virtual workshop.

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Swapped Skeins: Chapter 1: A Visitor

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Welcome to the first installment of MDK's first-ever mystery serial: the adventures of Miss Clarice Clarple, fiber sleuth. PLUS: A giveaway!

You've Got Snippets: January 31, 2026

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A sweater in 28 days? C’mon in, we’re banging it out together. Plus: a week of art, swatches, and remembering Barbara Walker. And! The history of MDK as told by…us.

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The MDK Society: Our Community

A cordial invitation to become a member of the MDK Society 2026, our online community of people who love to knit and be together, online and in real life.

When you join the MDK Society, you’ll receive many valuable benefits through the end of 2026. You’ll also make MDK’s daily content available to the knitting community at large. Joining the MDK Society will definitely benefit you—and it will also benefit knitters everywhere.

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We’ve created a little shop at MDK World Headquarters, 441 Atlas Drive, filled with special things you won’t find online, plus our exclusive yarns, tools, and notions. Open just a bit, Mondays and Fridays, 11:00-3:00. Closed December 29, January 2.

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Skill Set: Beginning Knitting is a perfect little book. You got this.

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Samantha Brunson

New York, New York

Yarn-obsessed elderly millennial.

Jeni Hankins

London, England

First attempted knitting with butcher’s twine on two HB pencils.

Nia Smith

Nashville

Could be knitting; could be cycling.

About MDK

We’re Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner. Thanks for being here! We hope you’ll come often and be a part of this community of people who can’t quite seem to knit enough.

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