Welcome to Community Spotlight, where we’ll be showing you highlights from our Community Gallery. To be featured in the gallery, simply post a picture of your Lion Brand creations to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #lionbrandyarn. We’ll be choosing some of our favorites to post to the blog. Chunky yarns. They’re great for pretty…

Last month I had the pleasure of running into one of my favorite writers, Pam MacKenzie, at Vogue Knitting Live. For those of you who don’t recognize the name, Pam writes a great blog and weekly article on mycentraljersey.com, both titled, “In Stitches”. She’s a local (raised in NJ and went to college in New…

Welcome to Community Spotlight, where we’ll be showing you highlights from our Community Gallery. To be featured in the gallery, simply post a picture of your Lion Brand creations to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #lionbrandyarn. We’ll be choosing some of our favorites to post to the blog. Have you used Scarfie? It’s a…

Happy New Year! Now that 2017 is upon us, it’s time for that annual tradition: resolutions. We all want to better ourselves, and there’s no time like the start of the year to get underway. What are your crafting resolutions? Forget the fitness goals, household organization, and languages you want to learn, we want to…

Everyone is different when it comes to crafting. Some prefer to work one project to completion, while others have several going at once. There’s no right or wrong way to be, and who even knows why we are different. Maybe it has to do with attention span or organization, or maybe it’s about that rush…

Christmas and Hanukkah are finally upon us this weekend, and we have a question for you:   What did you knit or crochet for the holidays?   Some people knit and crochet all of their gifts, while others make decorations. Still others, the incredibly ambitious among us, do both. There are those who make very traditional items, while…

A few weeks ago, we asked what the first thing you ever made was, and today we have a related question for you: How did you learn to knit or crochet? Some of us use books or online tutorials, others take classes, and still others are taught by friends or family. Which one are you? And…

One Dog Woof Talks Charity Patterns ChiWei Ranck of One Dog Woof is one of the most brilliant minds in the blogging world. You loved her Humpback Whale, which nearly broke the internet. Now ChiWei is here to talk about her two charity patterns for Yarn Heroes – the Millbrook Slouch Hat and the Millbrook Chunky…

Gaze upon the glory that is… THE DOMIKNITTER! Kristy Glass. You know her. You love her. Kristy was one of the first people to sign up for Yarn Heroes, and it goes without saying that she took the theme and FLEW with it. Kristy’s electric personality and huge heart provided a steady beat while we…

Make & Do Crew’s Jessica Coppom and the “Granny Gives Back” Hooded Blanket! Dear reader: You’ve made it through an intense weekend! We hope you had a fun, safe, comforting Thanksgiving and avoided any Black Friday stampedes. We gave you a break from Yarn Heroes on #GivingTuesday, but we’re back with one of the most fabulously…