Modern Daily Knitting

Hello! We’re Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner. Thanks for being here. You’re the reason we created Modern Daily Knitting. We hope you’ll come often and be a part of this community of people who can’t quite seem to knit enough.

How It All Began
We started MDK as a blog, on a lark really, in 2003. At that time, Ann and Kay were internet pen pals who had not met in person.

Before long, we found ourselves amid a warm, friendly, and smart community of knitters. It was all virtual—we didn’t meet in person until 2004, after we had signed a contract for our first knitting book.

In 2015, we hunkered down to turn MDK into the site we have always craved: a delicious daily read for every knitter. Our new site launched in September 2016, and it’s been a joyful journey since then.