How to Save Articles with One Click
As you explore the rabbit hole that is MDK, you’ll want to save stuff for the future: that article about installing a zipper, those needles you want to try. With...
Beginnerland
Encouragement, handholding, and cautionary tales for the new knitter.
Stranded Colorwork: Keeping It Loose
Keep it loose! That’s the ticket when it comes to stranded colorwork. This quick set of hints and hacks will help you relax your work and avoid the pinchy, uptight...
Atlas Insider: How Do We Plug This Thing In?
We’re getting the new MDK website steady on its chubby baby feet, chasing our little darling as she runs headlong into coffee tables and screen doors. “Watch out, Baby Website!...
A New Day at MDK!
Dear everyone, Welcome to our new site. Mind the paint—it’s still drying! We’ve been at work on a renovation of the MDK site for well over a year now. Websites...
Beginnerland: Rigid Heddle Weaving
Making potholders as a kid, an activity I happily explored on the rare days I was deemed sick enough to stay home from school, was my first attempt at weaving....
The Scrap Tote: Learn Entrelac
I was absolutely thrilled about Erika Knight’s use of entrelac in two! TWO! projects in Field Guide No. 20: Atlas. Entrelac is huge amounts of fun to knit, and creates...
An MDK Yarn Glossary
Newer knitters (hi and welcome!) are often curious or disappointed about why a project didn’t turn out as expected. From my experience, it’s never you; it’s always the pattern or...
Each One, Teach One: It’s Only Knitting
Dear Everybody, When we first met this co-author of a book called Drop-Dead Easy Knits, we knew Mary Lou Egan would be our soul mate in the appreciation of simple, beautiful...
Each One, Teach One: Lou
Dear Everybody, Please join us in extending a hearty MDK welcome to Lou Horsfall from England, who made her way to these pages via our friends at Arnall-Culliford Knitwear. Lou’s...
Each One, Teach One
In all my years of knitting (over 50 now, egad!), I have taught countless people how to knit. The most delightful and memorable experience took place, once upon a time,...
Have You Tried Beading?
Dear Ann, Hey, have you tried beading? Just kidding, I know you have, and in fact I believe it was you who warned me how very addictive it is to...
The Half-Finished Project: Gold Mine
Dear Kay, It’s funny: after finishing an epic project, sometimes I just stop knitting. Like: that was plenty. That was a lot. I’ve had time to pause, to reflect, to...