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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...
Encouragement, handholding, and cautionary tales for the new knitter.
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...
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...
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!...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...