Welcome to Community Spotlight, where we’ll be showing you highlights from our Customer 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. There’s no escaping it: summer is…

New to crochet? While you’re still learning, it can be hard to decide what projects are interesting and attractive while still being within your skill level. We’ve gathered up some cute, basic patterns you can make when you’re new to the hook.

Welcome to Community Spotlight, where we’ll be showing you highlights from our Customer 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. Yesterday was Granny Square Day on…

Welcome to Community Spotlight, where we’ll be showing you highlights from our Customer 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. This week, we’ve noticed a lot…

Greetings fellow yarn fanatics! While I’ve been enjoying a trip to Sweden, where fiber arts and crafts seem to be everywhere, I’ve been missing the blog tremendously… And so I was so thrilled to hear from the one-of-a-kind Kara over at Petals to Picots about this unfathomably adorable crochet cocoon and cap project! This project, which…

The World’s Least Boring Basic Shirt!  ChiWei from 1DogWoof is back, and this time, she’s bringing you the world’s most interesting basic shirt (or at least, I think so!). It’s a perfect blouse for wearing in an office that (like ours) has air conditioning that could compete with the cold winds of the arctic! And…

In New York City, August has inexplicably brought slightly cooler weather to our fair metropolis! Thank you, August, for breaking the unbelievable hot streak that made July a truly stifling month over here. Going outside was more of a chore than a respite from the daily grind. Now that the weather has cooled down just…

August has arrived! Apparently, this month has been jealous of all the Christmas love that was heaped upon July, and like Augustus Caesar filling the big shoes of Julius, has landed with a big show of force. We promise to bring you rafters of projects that are weather appropriate for the most sweltering time of the…

Why You Totally Have to Tote Today has brought another scorcher to New York City.  I’m normally scurrying around, carrying all kinds of things in heavy clothes with lots, and lots, of pockets (Yes, you could call me a… Pocket Monster). But in this kind of heat, who can get away with it? The only…

The First Rule of Scarf of the Month Club is… Tell everybody about Scarf of the Month Club! We are so delighted to tell you about the incredible Scarf of the Month Club, a series of free scarf/cowl patterns that are created by one of our very favorite yarn artists, The Stitchin’ Mommy along with Oombawka Design. Sign up for one free…