Hi everyone! I hope you guys had a great holiday weekend and those sweaters are coming along nicely! This week I was busy making the fronts of my cardigan. I know a few of you wondering about how the pockets join to the body, so we’ll start with that. Making the Pockets I had a little…

Hi everyone! I’ve been very impressed by all the pictures I’ve seen of your projects so far and so many great color combinations! [Editor’s Note: Click here to see photos in our Ravelry group, and if you’d like to leave a photo here on the blog, click in the commenting box and you’ll see a little…

We had requests from quite a few of you for larger sizes so that you could participate in our Crochet-Along—and since we’d love for you to join in, we’ve worked with our tech editors to grade up the pattern for additional plus sizes. Click here to download the UPDATED pattern. We have also added kits…

Hi everyone! My name is Lauren, and I’m very excited to be your Crochet-Along host for the Colorfully Modern Cardigan. I work at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio in New York City as a knitting and crochet instructor, a great job if you’re as yarn-obsessed as I am. I was very pleased when you guys…

Several times a year we host a crochet- or knit-along, a virtual event in which yarncrafters come together here online to work on one pattern together, share their experiences, and to learn together. There’s no need to sign up! Simply follow along with the blog posts at your own pace as you crochet your project,…

It’s that time of year again! Crochet-along with us as we make one of the following garments! But FIRST you have to help us pick the pattern! Learn more about the patterns on LionBrand.com: Sunset Shrug, Colorfully Modern Jacket, Top Down Crochet Jacket. « Click here to vote. » A crochet-along is a virtual event, where all the participants make the…

Hello everyone! For those who are following along live, this week we’re done! Please post pictures as you finish your project! Seaming After your blocking is completed, the final step is seaming the two halves together. With crochet, seaming is very easy because you can simply crochet the two pieces together! You will first be…

Hello everyone! I hope everyone’s projects are still going well. The good news is that we’re coming close to finishing our shrugs, and after next week we’ll be done and able to wear them! At this point, we have finished the upper and lower half and completed the finishing border on the lower half. This…

Hello everyone! Hope you all are doing well on the first part of your Glittery Shrug! If you decided to start the lower half last week and didn’t get through it all, that’s ok! It’s the most time intensive part, but working on both pieces together helps to break up working all that single crochet.…

Hello everyone! If you’ve been following along with these blog posts in real time, then today is the day that we start our Glittery Shrug! For those of you who are just now joining us, it’s not too late to work up a gauge swatch and jump in! You can also look back at these…