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…

We have recently started our “washcloth of the week” series in our newsletter, The Weekly Stitch.  (If you don’t already get it, click here to get started signing up.) Just to give you an idea that washcloths can be an interesting and beautiful project, here are a two highly rated examples (click the photos to…

One of the best things about sharing stories in our newsletter is reading the amazing feedback we receive. After reading The Wonder of Knitting, Lois O. wrote a touching email to author Michelle Edwards. She has given us permission to share her fantastic note with you. Thank you, Lois, for your letter and your fantastic…

We’ve heard great stories about crafting at home and on the go. Where’s your favorite place to knit or crochet? Personally, I love to craft on the train to and from work. It’s great to be productive during my downtime, and it’s so fun to chat with other knitters and crocheters I meet on the…

I’ve always been fascinated by history and anthropology.  After I came across a blog post about headgear from Harvard’s Peabody Museum that included a knit mask, I found myself browsing Peabody’s collection for interesting knit artifacts.  The Peabody collection has a lot of interesting images, although not much text to go along with them.  The…

One of the great things about having a large family is that someone is always working on a great knit or crochet project. My aunt Amy recently posted this adorable knitted bear on her blog. She used Homespun in the Ocean colorway and a pattern from Susan B. Anderson’s Itty-Bitty Toys. The result is a…

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking to the wonderful women of the Westchester Knitting Guild. It is always a delight to speak to this guild because they are so full of passion and excitement. During my presentation I showed them all of the new products Lion Brand has to offer, as…

We would like to invite you to an online Show & Tell event with the theme of “Spa Gift For Mom.”  Use some of the free patterns we offer to create washcloths and other hand-made bath accessories.  Add some soaps, body wash, and maybe some scented drawer liners, or even your famous chocolate chip cookies,…

Have you ever sat at the dinner table with a teenager while he or she spent the entire time texting?  It turns out that you might get teens to avoid being slaves to their electronics by teaching them to knit!.  Check out this article about a knitting club at a school in Florida. Related links:…

I tend to have many projects going at any given time, and sometimes I want to “skip to the good part” of a project.  It’s not that I don’t enjoy knitting stockinette stitch–I just want to finish more projects and the simple parts sometimes take a while.  Patty from the Lion Brand Yarn Studio posted…