Here’s a bit of breaking yarn industry news for you that’s pretty short on details, but I will update you as I have more information.
Lion Brand Yarn announced on its Facebook page a partnership with indie yarn maker Quince … Read More ...
Lion Brand Launches “Left-Handed Yarn” for April Fool’s Day
It used to be that there were a lot of knitting and fiber related April Fools’ Day jokes, but the world has just not been that funny recently.
Lion Brand Yarn did get in on the fun of this silly … Read More ...
Lion Brand Yarn Collecting Blue Hats to Combat Bullying
For the second year Lion Brand Yarn is heading up the #hatnothate campaign to bring awareness to the anti-bullying initiatives of partner charity Box Out Bullying.
Their goal for this year is to collect 25,000 blue hats to distribute … Read More ...
Lion Brand Adds to Curvy Girl Collection
In the spring Lion Brand Yarn debuted its Curvy Girl Collection, a set of patterns for knitters and crocheters especially designed for plus-sized women.
The projects are lovely and fun to knit, and they recently released a few more thanks … Read More ...
Fun Easter Projects from Lion Brand
I know every yarn company probably has a ton of cute Easter knitting projects, but it happens that I found enough of them at Lion Brand Yarn’s website to warrant a whole post, I think.
As usual with their patterns, … Read More ...
Knitting Fashion Trends for 2015
Happy new year! I hope you’re starting the year off right, with some crafting.
Lion Brand Yarn recently posted a collection of trends they’re seeing in fashion and yarn crafting right now that you might want to take into consideration … Read More ...
Lion Brand Yarn Celebrates the Next Generation
Most knitters and crocheters have heard of Lion Brand Yarn, but I’ll best most don’t know much about the company’s history. It is the oldest American hand-knitting yarn brand, and the company was founded in 1878. But what’s really … Read More ...
Learn to Knit a Raglan Cardigan with Help from Very Pink
If you’re still wanting to knit your first sweater and haven’t gotten started yet, Lion Brand Yarn and Very Pink have teamed up for a great little video tutorial showing how to knit the company’s Cropped Raglan Cardigan.
The … Read More ...
Knitting Marathoner Hits New Personal Best in NYC
I’ve written before about David Babcock, the knitting marathoner who holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for the longest scarf knit while running a marathon (12 feet, completed at last year’s Kansas City Marathon).
Babcock ran the … Read More ...
Bon Bon Coffee Cozy Knitting Pattern
I love the little Lion Brand Bon Bons. It’s a collection of a bunch of tiny coordinating skeins of yarn that you can use for small, colorful projects. I’ve used some to crochet Christmas things, I made some accessories … Read More ...
Marathon Knitter to Finger Knit Through New York
Remember the knitting marathoner? Last year David Babcock become the Guinness World Record holder for knitting the longest scarf ever made while running a marathon (at the Kansas City Marathon in October).
Word has it Babcock is headed back to … Read More ...
Practice Slip Stitching with This Mosaic Tote
I feel like slip stitch knitting does not get as much attention as it should as a really cool technique that makes color knitting easy.
When you work slip stitch or mosaic knitting, you’re only working with one color of … Read More ...
Getting Creative with Keppi
Have you seen Lion Brand Yarn’s latest creation, Keppi? I haven’t gotten a look at it in person yet, but it looks like a lot of fun.
This yarn is like a whole bunch of yarns of different … Read More ...
Knit to Flatter Your Body
We’ve all been there: you spend a lot of your time (and some hard-earned money as well) knitting a garment that looks awesome on the model or in the pictures, but when you’re finished it just doesn’t look quite right … Read More ...
Knit an Easy Farmer’s Market Tote
I don’t know how it is where you live, but the social event of Saturday mornings in my hometown is the farmer’s market. It was even named one of the favorite farmer’s markets in the country last year, which says … Read More ...
