Welcome to The Look for Less with Kristy Glass, where we will help you find affordable alternatives to our more luxurious yarns so you can still make the patterns you love. If you covet of Lion Brand’s Loop Scarf pattern but it isn’t in your budget to use multiple skeins of both LB Collection® Superwash…

It’s practically December, which means your holiday decorations are probably already underway. If you are looking to make something new, we have several ornaments that are attractive, fast, and easy. Sewrella just finished up an ornament crochet-along, and we are selling kits so you can make them now! The kit is currently 25% off. You…

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and you may be feeling it’s time to do something generous. How about making some basic hats to donate? They’re a great project, because they’re useful — you can make preemie hats for a NICU, chemo caps for a hospital, or warm hats for the homeless. Since they don’t take too…

Welcome to The Look for Less with Kristy Glass, where we will help you find affordable alternatives to our more luxurious yarns so you can still make the patterns you love. If you adore the look of Lion Brand’s Lavish Booties knitting pattern but LB Collection® Cashmere yarn just isn’t in your budget, we can…

In case you didn’t know, the entire family of Homespun® yarns is on sale right now. For a limited time, Homespun®, Homespun® Thick & Quick®, and all kits using these yarns are 20% off! In fact, the sale ends on November 17, so act now to get a deal. It’s a great yarn, and there…

We’re back, and it’s hard to believe we’re so close to the end! All that’s left to do is each sleeve, then we sew the whole thing together. Are you looking forward to wearing your new sweater? You should have finished up the right front this past week, and now you basically have the makings…

The new movie Trolls hits theaters this Friday, and if you want to dress the part, we can help! We’ve got two hats that you can make to be your trolliest in time for the film. Made with Fun Fur® and Hometown USA®, we have both knit and crochet options. They are nice and thick,…

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. This week, we are focused on…

What’s the first thing you ever knit? How did it go? We asked Lion Brand® associates to look back on their first projects and share how far they’ve come. Leave a comment and tell us — what is the first thing you made? Do you still have it? Did you learn on your own or…

If you’ve been on Facebook lately, you may have seen this post from Vanna White about an embarrassing crochet moment on an airplane: We’ve all been there. Crafting in public can lead to some truly cringe-inducing moments. I’ve had a stray double pointed needle roll down half a subway car, leading me to chase after…