Most of us store our knitting and crocheting projects in bags, but what else do we keep with us? Here’s my current project bag and what I always carry with me. Here’s my project bag. Let’s see what’s inside. Of course, I have my yarn (LB Collection Superwash Merino), my needles, and my pattern. Here…

We just want to wish you a happy Independence Day weekend! Are you picnicking or barbecuing with family? Have you knitted or crocheted anything for the occasion? Will you be knitting or crocheting at the festivities with others? Tell us about it! Related links: Knit & Crochet Beverage Cooler/Cozy Patterns for above items

Two weeks ago, we asked readers of the Weekly Stitch, our newsletter, to write the caption to Lola. We were blown away by the great responses we received, and we’ve selected our five favorites to share with you! Congratulations to Claranne, Cindy, Debbie, Nicole, and Kim! Each of our winners will receive a $25 credit…

You may remember when we introduced our first “Star Contributor” Grace Jones, who contributes so much to our communities on Ravelry, Facebook, listens toand comments on our podcasts and has visited the Lion Brand Studio.  This month Grace wrote a blog post on her own blog about a summer top she crocheted with Cotton-Ease. Are you a “Star…

On Friday, I was crocheting some gauge swatches on the subway, which I take to get home after work. A few stops in, three little boys boarded the train with their father. One of them sat down in the empty seat next to me and called to his brother, “Look, she’s knitting! That’s cool!” Now,…

The second annual Vanna’s Choice contest has ended and the winners are now posted on the contest website. The entries showed extraordinary talent, skill and creativity. They also demonstrated the amazing versatility of Vanna’s Choice–that it can be used successfully to make virtually any type of garment, afghan, toy, or in the case of the…

This is a guest post from Mike D., whose last blog post was about our company bowling night. Have you ever seen 426 people simultaneously crocheting? If you are saying “yes,” then it could be that you were at Citi Field on June 5th for Stitch N Pitch. While I was not one of the…

Most of you probably already know that I go to speak at local guilds and knitting & crochet groups in the area. A few weeks ago, I visited the Long Island Knitting Guild, and I had a great time. As with many knitting & crochet groups, one of the fun parts of getting together is…

We often hear from customers who live far away from us that they wish they could come to our special events at the Studio, see our window displays in person…or even come to one of the talks I give to local knitting and crochet guilds and groups. Luckily, nowadays we have a little thing called…

We love to reach out to yarncrafters (and those who want to learn a yarncraft) here at Lion Brand, which is why we go to a bunch of different craft and yarn fairs throughout the year. So far in 2010, we’ve been to Stitches West and Stitches South, and we just got back from Maker…