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Help Us Name Our New Little Shop
Dear Everybody,
March’s Nash Yarn Fest was a watershed for us in so many ways. Realizing our dream of a bighearted in-person gathering unlocked other dreams that have been in the pipeline for years.
One of those long-cherished, oft-requested dreams is coming true—beginning this Friday!
We’ve finally taken the leap to have regular drop-in hours so that people can come visit, shop, and meet other knitters at MDK World Headquarters, the welcoming-est warehouse in Nashville.
Starting this Friday, we’ll be open every Friday and Monday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The address: 441 Atlas Drive, in Nashville.
Whether you’re a local or just passing through our fair city, you’re cordially invited to drop in, say hey, and look around.
What awaits you at 441 Atlas Drive?
We don’t know! Like everything we’ve ever done, this experiment is guided by one question: what would be fun for knitters, crocheters, and lovers of the fiber crafts?
But here are some things you can count on:
Seeing and touching MDK’s own yarns, Atlas and Jane, plus the new kid on the block: Atlas x Madelinetosh. Flip through our collection of sample garments, try them on, and dream of what you’ll cast on for yourself. We have hundreds of Field Guide samples to explore, in real life.
Browsing tools, kits, and special items, some of which are offered in our online MDK Shop, and some not!
Sitting and knitting while comfortably ensconced on a variety of cozy, worn-in furnishings salvaged from various team redecorating projects. Wicker or leather? It’s up to you. Just bring your knitting.
Meeting MDK folks. Ann will be around a lot, and Kay will grace us with her high-and-mighty Auntie Mame-ness whenever she’s in town. The warehouse is our team’s workplace, where the magic happens. (Magic includes, but is not limited to: shipping out orders, taking photos, and lots of typing, Zooms, and coffee.) With any luck, you’ll see Natasha, Hannah, Emily, Chris, Ashley, and Ashe—collect the set!
And most important of all—meeting other knitters. Our fondest hope is that if we build it, the knitters will come. Just like Field of Dreams, except the knitters will be living people and not the ghosts of baseball players.
Help Us Name Our Shop
Given how long we’ve been thinking about this little chunk of brick and mortar heaven, you’d think we’d have a name for it. But we don’t! There are so many options, it’s frankly daunting.
That’s where you come in! We’re running a little contest to name the shop at Atlas. Three lucky winners will each receive a $100 MDK Gift Card, redeemable in the MDK Shop—online or in real life.
The Rules
- Suggest a name for the shop at Atlas in the comments below. One comment per person, please, but you may suggest more than one name in your comment.
- Contest closes on Monday, May 6. Winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 8, in the banner on our home page at moderndailyknitting.com.
- Two gift card winners will be selected by random drawing, and one winner will be selected by Ann and Kay.
- Although we would be thrilled to find the perfect name for the shop via this contest, we reserve the right not to name the shop any of the winning names or any of the suggested names. Whim and caprice will rule the day.
This contest is for fun and general amusement, so don’t hold back on a name because you think we might not actually choose it for the shop.
Here we go, have fun everybody!
Love,
Ann and Kay
The Best Little Knit Shop in Nashville.
surely it has to the Log Cabin!
(says the person who has knitted almost 40 Log cabin baby blankets using the pattern in your first book)
you bet!
This would be great!
The Firefly and the Ladybug Yarns, Mini Purl Yarns
Most Divine Knitshop
MDK Yarn Barn
Nash Knit Nirvana
But Wait, There’s Yarn!
(Although I really like the Atlas Shrug suggestion!)
Trying to use atlas terminology. Please someone do better.
Atlas Destination
Compass Point
Compass End
Point of the Needle
Knitters Magnetic North
I think Atlas Yarns has nice ring to it. Makes it easier to find for those of us who have never been to Nashville before.
Great idea to have a contest! It seems to me that MDK has been synonymous with online knitting, crocheting and sewing for years. I think the the shop should be called: MDK IRL!
The Atlas Shrug (after Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand)
How fun! Wish I was closer!
1. Atlas Meeting House
2. MDK Creator’s Space
3. Yarntopia
Stop, Drop and Knit
Fiber Fantasyland
Cherish Yarn Shop
Because you inspire us to cherish all that is good in the world with the knitting community you cultivate.
Atlas Knitting and Crafts
I Love this.
First two that came into my head:
Atlas Hugged
Little Shop of Yarn Things
I know it will be a great success!
YARN ATLASt
Brilliant!
Whim and Caprice
I thought the same!
At Last At Atlas
I think “Sticks and String” would be a good name. After all, that’s knitting in it’s most basic form.
I liked MDK2 (suggested by another person)
My suggestions:
*The Shop On Atlas ( your staff will probably call it “ the shop” or “the store” so maybe just go with it.
*MDK Too
I’m sure it will be a great place.
I’m so excited for this! I’m planning on being in Nashville in April of 2026, and now I know the first place I want to visit. Here are some options:
Atlas Shrugs (and other knits)
More Darn Knitting, please
Nashville Amazing Fiber (can be shortened to Nashville AF)
Awesome Beautiful Creativity — tag line can be “The ABC store that’s good for your soul!”
Come Together — and can add ‘right now’ if wanted
Fiber Creating Community
I like that More Darn Knitting uses MDK.
Oh! I love Atlas Shrugs and Other Knits!
Why Knot Knit?
The mother ship
MDK HQ
How about “Atlas-No Shrugs!” Just a little literary play.
Keeping with the literary theme, Galt’s Gulch 🙂
I love going back to your roots with Mason Dixon Knits!
The Yarn Honky Tonk
Stitchville
Atlas threads
The Drop In stitch
Hmmm, my first thought was Knit Wits, but that seems limiting. How about Fiber Optics?
Knitty Gritty
Maker’s Delight Knit Shop
Atlas Knits
Little Shop of Knitting
Music Fair Knitting
Mason Dixon Knitting, Knitting Is Fun, Knit and Sit a Spell, TenNY Yarn Shoppe, Sweet Tea Knits.
Atlas World (all the double entendres)
Looped In
The Fibre Nook
p2tog@MDK
(peopletogather/gether)
A Roaring Good Yarn
A Good Yarn
Building on your literary talents!
Name suggestion – “Just Purly Things” like a spoof on “Just Girly Things or “Just Purl Things”
The MDK Yarn Cabin
The Back 441
Since it is part warehouse and part yarn farm.
Atlas Knits
AI shop name generator at https://namefatso.com/
After reading the descriptions for how the shop will be, I had an immediate sense of coziness, so I suggest “The Cozy”.
I also sensed a place that protects the occupants from the noise and stress of the outer world, with Ann in charge, so alternatively I suggest “The Nest” with Ann as the Mama bird in residence, and Kay as a glamorous creature from “Feathered and Fabulous” who flies in on occasion.
Sitting here laughing at the imagery.
Why Knot.
Yarntopia
MDK Yarn Roost or MDK Roost, Yarn NASHery,
Yarny Goodness
Atlas Yarn Delight
I have always been tickled at the description of your home base as “World Headquarters”! This would imply that there are divisions all over the Earth. Well….you actually DO have so many far flung divisions! So why not embrace a globe and the mythical Atlas to name the shop Wide World of Yarn! The thrill of victory…..the agony of defeat…..for those who remember….
Dixie Knits & More
I loved the vibe of Mason Dixon Knitting-seemed so cute and cheeky at the time, but different times call for different names. Why not simply Modern Daily Knitting? It kind of sums it all up!
Sit ‘n Knit
Athena’s Studio
(homage to the goddess of craft, and Nashville’s own Parthenon!)
The Yarn Basket
Atlas Yarn House
Atlas Yarn Garden
Modern Daily Yarn
MDK2 – My Destination for Knitting too
MDK Yarn Corner
Atlas Unwound
Skeinanigans
If I had a yarn shop I would call it “Show me the yarn”
The Most Delightful Knitting shop. 🙂
I don’t have an idea for the name, but I do for the logo… How about Atlas holding up a ball of yarn?
Good one!
Central Cast-On
Or
The Cast-On Club
Come in and sit. A spell.
Purl Jam
Nash Knits
The MDK Shop
The Aurora at MDK
The Aurora Collective
(Playing off Greek mythology and Aurora being the Goddess of Dawn…makes me think of color and light.)
The Muse at MDK Central
Strings & Stitches
Folk & Fiber
Yarn Sanctuary
Mindful Threads
Creative Cove
The Infinite Stitch
Soulful Threads
Wool Workshop
Little Shop of Knitting
Little Shop of (MD)Knitting
Odds & Ends Yarns and Crafts
Hope to visit someday…whatever it’s called.!
Atlas Shrugs
LOL! <3
How about. Little shop of Knitting, Knitting Galore, or MDK Shop??!!
MDK @ Sweet Knots
” ” Mingled Yarns
MDK Wee Boutique
Twist and Twine
Stitch and Strand
MDK CREATE and THRIVE
Olive’s – a convivial spot for yarning
I thought so too.
Olive and Kermit!
Nash Knits
MDK Shoppe
build on what you’ve already created –
Keep Calm & Cast On
Abundance
Freedom of Expression
Athena
Don’t get fancy – just call it “MDK”. That’s what people will call it regardless of any other name you give it. Maybe add shop – MDK Shop
MAKE ONE or M1 at MDK or M1DK
I also think making small photo cards of the different staff members and slipping one at random into a purchase at the IRL store would be fun. Shoppers could REALLY collect a full set and maybe then they could reap a little prize!
Can’t wait!
Little Shop of Yarners is what came immediately to mind with the name of the article!
So fun!
Knit Central
MDK Knits
MDK Yarn Central
‘Our Yarn Shop’
The Dropped Stitch
MDK on Atlas or just MDK
(Your name is everything!)
Paradise Yarns
Always Welcome Knitters’ Stop
Most Desirable Knitters’ Place
MDK Central
The Stitch Niche (or Knitch)
Acme Yarn and Knitting (ala Bugs Bunny)
Yarn shop name: YARN
It’s clean, simple and we knitters know that it will also include notions, patterns, etc.
Knits Up
The Market @ MDK! I think keeping MDK in the name is important. The Market @ MDK allows for adding other types of spaces later such as The Commons @ MDK or the School @ MDK.
Or simply, MDK Market
MDK Yarn Stop
MDK Ingredients
MDK LYS
MDK Society
I like “The MDK Shop at Atlas” or “The MDK Shop on Atlas”
I’m a knitter and a smocker so can’t wait to visit you all and Children’s Corner and all the other fun of Nashville!
MDK IRL seems appropriate for a business that began as an online conversation.
MDK Yarns
4 Yarn Lovers
4 Relaxing
1 Slice of Heaven!
MDK Warehouse
Atlas yarn shop
Sweet Jane’s
Atlas World of Yarn
Grand Ole Knittery
Athena Yarns on Atlas (Athena is said to be the goddess of wisdom, strategy and considered the goddess of “weaving and handcrafts and can be seen as the goddess of knitting” according to a google AI search and the author of the Athenian Oath which directed young men to leave the “…city not only, not less, but greater and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us” )
MDK embodies this in the knitting space…creating space that leaves the world of knitting and crocheting better than it was!
Athena Knits on Atlas (aka MDK)
Oooh! You have my vote!
I propose the end of your announcement: Whim and Caprice. However, I admit “yarn” should be in the name. I dislike businesses choosing a name that gives no clue as to what the business is.
My Drop-in Knittery
1- M.D. Kly’s (Get it? MDK + LYS??)
2- AtLas’t
3- MoDaLYS
4- Ann & Kay’s
5- Ann Kay & Co
6- Jane Atlas Yarn+
I LOVE AtLast’t!
Sit, Knit, Shop
The Meeting Place
Our Little Yarn Shop
Shop at Atlas. Simple and descriptive. Obviously I’ve never has a job naming shops!
Some shop name ideas:
Wool Gathering
Ewe’ll Drop By
Shear Pleasure
A Bit Knot-ty
Nashville Needles
‘LOVE LOVE ME KNIT’
MDK KNIT DESIGNS
I like Judy Miller’s suggestion of MDK IRL
Makers Curiosity Shop @ MDK
In Living Color! or MDK Live! or MDK in Living Color
The Woolly Squish
K2Tog /
K2Tog World HQ /
K2Tog@MDK (this one is my favorite)
The Woolly Cabin
slogan: a yarn a day with Ann and Kaye (LOL!)
logo: a ball of “variegated” yarn where the greens and blues show the Americas side of the globe, with a big heart on Nashville when sizing permits–maybe including the needles like your regular logo
Knit Right Now
KnitNash. Wish I lived closer!
I think you’ve already got it:
BBY HQ (bits, bobs & yarn).
441 Fibers
Fiberville
MDK Yarners
Heavenly Fibers
Atlasville
Well, you kinda said it right out loud already: Whim & Caprice Yarn Emporium. 🙂
Do either of these names resonate Nash Fest Nest or simply The Nest?
Atlas Shrugs and Sometimes a Great Notion.
And mazel tov for living the dream to all’s y’all!
You Atlas, Me Jane Yarn Shop
The Mighty Atlas Yarn Shop
Atlas 441 Yarns
Finally! We
Not sure why but the first thing that popped into my mind is The Little Shop That Could because you two are a big mighty force in the knitting world. The Little Stitch the Could?
My first thought, upon reading this very happy and long awaited news, was At Last! My next thought was that this was a great name for the shop at Atlas. (I visited during the amazing Nash Yarn Fest and I can absolutely imagine how wonderful this space and all of the joyful knitting times will be.) Congratulations, Ann and Kay, for making another dream come true.
Nash Shop
Atlas Nash
Shop Nash
Atlas Shop
MDK Shop
Most Delicious Yarn Shop
the shop at Atlas, you said it first!
Knit a Spell
Wow! Just wow!
How about:
Sit Knit Shop!
Or
Knit Kibbitz Buy!
Or
Rest Relax Rejuvenate
Or
The Goodie Palace
Sticks and Strings
Strings
Knot Shop
Loop Troop
Little Shop for Knitters
Yarn Nash!
Here We Knit
Knitting Dreams,
Fiber Dreams
Fiber Twists Knots
Crafting Joy
MDK Yarn Store
MDK Yarn Shoppe
MDK on Atlas
MDK Yarn & More
I second Ella’s suggestion of Log Cabin. The root of so much and it gives you a nice way to refer to that part of your HQ.
“Where’s Kay?”
“She’s over in the Log Cabin with Ann.”
Hoping to be able to visit someday, would love to see and feel your yarns all together in person.
So excited!. We travel in the Spring and were too far from Nashville for me to attend this year’s NYF. But next year our plans got changed and March was perfect. But then you changed to April – as we have changed our travel plans to April also due to other life issues – and again will be too far from Nashville to attend. (Grr..). But this way you guys will be fairly close so there is hope.
Oh yes, Name. Right. “MDK Depot”. “MDK Emporium”. And Ella’s Log Cabin sounds terrific. Log Cabin Yarnery or such.
Modern Daily Shopping.
Nash Knit Knots and if you added a coffee shop, it could be Nosh Knit Knots!
Modern fibers on Atlas
Modern Fiberfest
MDK Live
Nashville Modern Knit
Shop Name: MDK – ATLAS
MDK World Headquarters
Merry Days of Knitting
Drop in Knits
Nashville Knits
So excited for this news. Another reason for a visit to Nashville!
Latitude
Riffing off your address on Atlas. Thinking of features on a map. Your new shop being a place all knitters will now be dying to visit. The second definition “scope for freedom of action or thought.” Your community is a broad platform and community for design, ideas, thoughts, inspiration and connection. You have given us all the latitude to be ourselves in our knitting and to be inspired by amazing knitwear designers who are constantly reinventing.
441 Atlas Knits
441 Knits Drive Shop
441 A.Knits
Atlas Knits
Knits Community Shop
Little Shop of Crafts
Knits @ 441 AD
Jolly Knits
I keep thinking about it. However about “MDK More”?
MDK Jr.
MDK Plus
MDK Etcetera
MDK Live
The Connection.
For Yarn, Friends, Companionship, Information, All the Things.
I like Atlas Yarns or
Atlas Yarns and Sundries
The Gather Round Knitting Shop
ATLAS YARNS
The Merch & Perch @ MDK
The MDK Shop & Stop
Yarn fumes
The Yarnification Station
Yarn for Y’all
Knit in Nash
Yarn for Y’all
MDK’s Li’l Shop at Atlas.
The Needle Dance
Good morning & I’m so excited about this new step! My suggestions are “ Yarn Song” & “Sing With Yarn!”
Congratulations ~ a big fan!
Sandra
The Nashville Yarn Station
Atlas Knits
World Knits
Knit the World
MDK HQ
MDK Respite
Ann & Kay
Field of Dreams, Cloud Atlas, Jane Doe, Heartfelt,
Mag-knitic, Affiknity, U-knity, Commuknity, Moderknity, Digknity
Knit Knacks, Atlas’ Shrug, Hooks & Needles, Gosh Darn Yarn (GDY)
I like the concept of a cozy knitting lounge. 🙂 These are lounge-y names.
The Lounge on Atlas
The Lounge at Atlas
Atlas Knitting Lounge
Atlas Yarn Lounge
The Knitting Lounge
The Yarn Lounge
I am super excited for the store front. Couldn’t come at a better time (for me anyway). I might be in Nashville this summer for a couple of days! Definitely ubering over! WooT!
My Dream Knitshop
How about:
Yarn Trek
Merino Royale
The Needles and the Knitting Done
KERMT’s Korner
How about:
Atlas and Jane
I propose Mighty Decadent Knitting, Mostly Decent Knitting, Masterful Declarative Knitting, Miserly Downtrodden Knitting (not at all serious about that one), Misty Delicate Knitting, Modern Daily Knitting Shop….
MDK Lounge
Off the top of my head…
Little Shop of Joy in Nashville
Sticks, Jane and Ewe
Can’t wait to come visit!
“The” Shop@MDK
As you’re known by knitters as simply “MDK” I would suggest:
MDK on Atlas
or
MDK at 441 Atlas
I don’t know about the name, but you’d better have this out front:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_YXgLmgpY4SFD1_q_MXbtgDHEmz2waB/view?usp=sharing
Hope that works… not sure if we can add links here? Or images?
Perfect!
The Knotty Knitter
Woolly Goodness
Just Wool
WoollyLand
Woolly Heaven
Look! Yarn!
The Mothership at MDK
Congratulations on the shop opening!
I suggest: HappyKnits (play on the word “Happiness”)
or NashKnits
I vote to keep it simple and direct. People who visit from out of town will be looking for a simple MDK-related name.
MDK HQ (someone else submitted this, not me)
How about “Little Shop of Yarners”????
Shop Name:
Atlas Shrugged
End of the Universe Fibres
Atlas Drive Yarn Boutique
MDK Yarn Boutique
MDK Nash Yarn Boutique
MDK Field of Dreams Yarn Boutique
The Shop at MDK; The Shoppe at MDK
MDK Live!
Live! At MDK
Bits and Bobs at MDK
MDK Yarns, etc.
Yarn-over @ MDK; Yarnover @ MDK; Yarn Over at MDK
MDK HQ; Modern Daily Knitting HQ
Atlas, Jane, et al
AnnKay’s House of the Enchanted.
Well maybe not, you might get strange clientele showing up!
MDK Showcase of Making
MDK World Headquarters
Olive’s
Modern Krafting
Snippets!
The Knit Stop
Wool ‘n Knits
KAN Knit (Kay Ann Nashville)
How about Modern Daily Local Fiber (MDLF)? To keep your identity, give it the LYS flair and send the message for all fiber friends
“Little Shop of Yarners”
“Knit Nash”
“Modern Knittery”
The Geofiber Escape
Atlas = Geography
From the geo root I can easily segway into inclusivity and organic/natural and caring for the world we live in.
The best name I can think of is Joy.
I’d love to call it the “Outlets of Doom”, but I agree with a previous poster that the name should be a bit more descriptive. I mean, if someone who does not know MDK happens to google yarn stores in Nashville, hopefully, they would call up your shop easily.
I like the Log Cabin suggestion and thought maybe Yarn Cabin or Yarn Shed or the more highfalutin Yarn Salon.
Exciting news, and there are many great names to choose from already!
Here are a few other ideas:
Knit-in
Fiber with Friends
Atlas Swatched
“The Cozy Nest” I wish I could be there.
I’m a later responder so I apologize if I plagiarize without realizing it – I sped through the other comments, but already over 200! Absolutely love so many of them! (Lucy, “Knits Up” still laughing about that one!)
MDK Gather / Gather @ MDK
MDK Community Hall
The Heart of MDK
Together @ MDK / MDK Together
Dollywool @ MDK
Knitters’ Nook in Nashville
Make Delightful Knits.
Purls of Whimsy
How about In Stitches or MakeOne
I favor MDK Yarns but also like Atlas Yarns, both suggested by others.
Playing off of Atlas Drive and the fact that an atlas takes you places where you make discoveries, which is exactly what MDK does for its customers:
MDK Explore Store (I like this because we get to explore yarn and knitting and meet people there and the word “store” seems brick and mortar plus it RHYMES)
MDK World of Exploration
Since Atlas held up the world and literally supported everyone as MDK supports all knitters and crocheters and so many fiber artists and vendors (here’s more rhyming):
MDK Mainstay
Mainstay MDK
Similar to an atlas but more focused is the word “compendium” – defined as “a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject” and MDK absolutely curates all the yarn things so these suggestions (Can’t you imagine saying with delight “I’m going down to the Compendium to knit.” plus this just feels like whim and caprice)
A Compendium of MDK or MDK’s Compendium of Joy
Finally, as others have suggested MDK HQ or MDK World HQ is pretty straightforward to all of us who know what MDK is and of course “world” plays off atlas. For those who are about to have the pleasure to get to know you and need to have something about yarn or knitting in the title, perhaps simply, MDK Yarns or MDK World Yarns, because of course yarn references both fiber and stories. Yarns defined as “a story, usually a long one with a lot of excitement or interest” seems fitting in a city where music tells a story and also “telling a good yarn” conveys the idea of people listening to each other meaning connections among all of us from everywhere. Fiber and stories and connections make MDK such a special part of each day and just wonderful in general.
Very excited to visit–we drive through Nashville or visit there several times a year. Visiting it during Nash Yarn Fest just whet my appetite!
How about Meet, Dream, Knit?
Congratulations!
How about–
The Yarn Cottage at MDK.
Red Rover (all the yarnies come over!)
Since it’s a little shop, Yarn Pocket
Atlas Yarn Cart … Yarn Mart. Atlas Yarner’s Market.
Yarny Dreams
A Yarn is a Wish Your Heart Makes (long but based on Cinderella a dream is a wish your heart make
The Little Shop on Atlas (shop needs to include a knit venus fly trap named Audrey II)
Yarnville
Yarn City, U. S. A.
Yarn Daze
Yarn Days
Knit Days
MDK Shop
Nash Knits
Knit Now
Bighearted Fiber Arts
So many clever ideas have been suggested! But I think Calling it the MDK Warehouse Store would be the easiest for out of towners like me to find. Might be boring but it keeps the brand name recognition.
MDK
Yarns, Books and Notions
MDK
Purls of Wisdom
MDK
Unity in Yarn
MDK
Your Third Place for Fiber
MDK
Neighborhood Yarn
A Place to Sit and Knit
“Stitches”
“Knits”
“Let’s Knit”
Knit Wise
How about The Yarn Atlas. Or Yarnville?
The Yarn Atlas.
The World of Yarn
at
Atlas Drive
A play on your Atlas yarn and the street the shop is on.
The Nash Stash!
I think you nailed it with “Field of Dreams”.
MDKnitshop
Knitty McKnitface. With a nod to the British ship naming drama.
PS-My internet is hiccuping. Please help me if I have accidentally posted six times.
615 Yarn
Squish
YA (Yarnaholics Anonymous) Meeting House
Modern Daily Yarn
Mod Yarn
Knitopia
My proposal: Y’all Come!