You’ve Got Snippets: May 3, 2025

Dear knitter,

Happy Saturday!

This is your cordial invitation to come see us in Nashville, as soon as you can. For the first time since MDK’s founding, we’ll be keeping regular shop hours at our welcoming warehouse. The address is 441 Atlas Drive, and we’ll be open every Monday and Friday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Yesterday was our petite opening, and we look forward to seeing you the next time you’re in town. Bring your pals, and sit and knit for a while!

New Frontiers in Whimsicality

We need help naming this little shop of ours! Enter our contest here, and you could be the lucky winner of one of three $100 Gift Cards for the MDK Shop—online or in real life. Come on—ewe know ewe want a shot at this!

Next Friday! May 9: Knitting with Color: A Virtual Workshop

Have you ever struggled with picking colors for your projects? Good news: Ann Weaver is here to unlock the secrets to choosing colors with confidence.

On Friday, May 9, join us on Zoom for a fun 90 minutes of colorful learning. It’s a breath of springtime for your life—and your knitting.

Read more and sign up here.

A Me Made Day on May 28

It’s Me Made May, when a knitter’s fancy turns to beautiful clothes, custom made for you—by you!

On May 28, 2025, we’re hosting a virtual embroidery workshop with the one and only Natalie Chanin. The visionary behind Alabama Chanin, The School of Making, and Project Threadways, Natalie is revered by slow fashion fans. If you know, you know, and after this workshop—you’ll definitely know.

The workshop includes an exquisite materials kit, plus your own copy of Natalie’s groundbreaking book, The Geometry of Hand-Sewing.

Read more and sign up here.

Meanwhile…

We had a big time on MDK this week.

When reclaiming yarn that’s been knitted into a project, Jillian Moreno recommends a wash and set. Her pictures make the case!

Kate Atherley took us on a trip around the world of circular needles.

Accept no copycats: Samantha Brunson brought us a news flash from the real world of a small craft business.

Ann’s first FO from Field Guide No. 29: Mosaic is all about the sublime simplicity of wool, mohair, and silk.

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll mend: an award-winning animated short.

Your Support Is Everything—Thank You!

At MDK, making knitters happy is all we think about, every single day. If you love what we’re doing, it’s vital—and easy—to support MDK.

One great way, of course: join the MDK Society. And also, whenever you shop with MDK, sign up for a workshop, or share our content with others, you’re directly supporting the yarnmakers, artisans, teachers, and writers that we feature here. Thank you!

Questions? Email us anytime at hello@moderndailyknitting.com, and you’ll get a prompt response from a real live MDK person.

Stay healthy, take care of each other, and knit on.

Love,

Ann and Kay

PS Please forward this Snippets to a knitter friend—we appreciate it so much!

A New MDK Pop-Up of Curiosities

Explore bits, bobs, and things we love—straight from the MDK World Headquarters Pop-up Shop, now shoppable online.

Unleash Your Inner Matisse

May 9: Knitting with Color: Virtual Workshop with Ann Weaver

If a boost of color-choosing confidence would make your projects sing, we have fantastic news: designer and hand-dyer Ann Weaver is bringing us a new virtual class that will rev up your color-picking power. Going beyond color theory, Knitting With Color is a lively exploration of color in fine art, design, knitting, and daily life.

Next Friday, May 9, join us for a fun 90 minutes of colorful learning with designer and teacher Ann Weaver. The format will be an illustrated talk, on Zoom, and yes—it will be recorded.

Read on for all the details and to reserve your place.

Explore Field Guide No. 29

It’s divine! Explore MDK Field Guide No. 29: Mosaic, with 5 smashing mosaic designs by Amy Christoffers. Read all about it here, and take a happiness break to leaf through the lookbook here.

Members of the MDK Society receive this Field Guide as part of their membership. If you haven’t yet joined, sign up here—and we’ll send your Field Guide, membership pin, and membership card right away.

You can also order your Field Guide No. 29: Mosaic à la carte, right here, in print + ebook or ebook-only editions.

To celebrate the launch of Field Guide No. 29, we had a grand Zoom party yesterday, with the designer herself as our special guest. Meet Amy Christoffers by watching the recording here.

A Yarn is Born

Have you heard about MDK’s collaboration with the genius hand-dyers at Madelinetosh? Read the story of Atlas x Madelinetosh here.

Knitters’ response to this yarn has been great—thank you for loving it, buying it, and most of all: knitting with it. If you haven’t done so yet, we hope check out all the great patterns we’ve knitted up in Atlas x Madelinetosh lookbook.

Even better: grab your knitting and enjoy a great Zoom conversation with the brilliant team at Madelinetosh.

Get Ready for 2026: Nash Yarn Fest Returns

Mark your calendars:

Nash Yarn Fest will return to the Fairgrounds Nashville next year!

The dates: April 17-18, 2026.

We can’t wait to throw this party again, and we hope to see you there. For a taste of the fun to come, read our recap of the 2025 festival here.

In the meantime, make sure you’re on the Nash Yarn Fest mailing list (scroll down for the signup box), so you don’t miss a thing.

Learn Hand-Sewing with One of the Greats

May 28: The Geometry of Hand-Sewing with Natalie Chanin

Are you curious about hand-sewing? Would you love to have beautiful clothes, custom made for you—by you?

If so, here’s a rare opportunity. On May 28, 2025, we’re hosting a virtual embroidery workshop with the one and only Natalie Chanin.

Read more and sign up here.

It’s the Place to Be

Have you heard about the MDK Society? It’s the knitting community we’ve dreamed about, come to real (and virtual) life. Our charter year is off to a great start, and we hope you’ll join us.

The benefits of charter membership are many—and we will be adding more fun all year long. Members save 10 percent on our wonderful virtual workshops, and in the MDK Shop, throughout 2025.

What we’re most excited about: virtual events and hangouts for Society members. Each month we put on a new episode of The Snippets Show, plus virtual knit nights, conversation in the MDK Society Lounge forum, and more.

Please take a moment to sign up now.