Hello! We're Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner. We started MDK as a blog, on a lark » Hello! We're Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner. 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. MDK features wonderful designers, great writers and teachers, and a community of knitters all over the world coming together with a shared love of knitting, yarn, and good design.