This class is in a one-hour lecture format. There will be time for Q&A at the end but no hands-on attention.

Ann Shayne and Kay Gardiner have been singing the praises of log cabin knitting for over twenty years on Modern Daily Knitting and wherever anyone will listen.

There is something about the log cabin motif, ancient and modern at the same time, that is deeply satisfying.

Log cabin knitting teaches knitters about color, and about design. It teaches how knitting works and what knitting is for. Log cabin never lets you down when you need simple, soulful knitting or rowdy, joyful color play. With basic log cabin know-how, you can make a baby blanket, a dishcloth—or a floor-length gown.

Join Ann and Kay for an image and inspiration-filled talk about one of their favorite ways to knit. Using MDK’s Field Guide No. 4: Log Cabin as a jumping-off point, Ann and Kay will introduce you to the building blocks of log cabin knitting, and how simple garter stitch strips and blocks open up myriad possibilities for playing with color, proportion, shape, and scale.

Ann and Kay have proclaimed 2027 as The Year of Log Cabin, and this talk is MDK’s kickoff to twelve months of knitalongs, teaching and learning, gatherings, and ideas they haven’t thought of yet. Warning: After this talk, you’ll want to cast on a log cabin immediately.