A few days ago there was a woman sitting at the project table happily knitting away.  A few minutes later her friend joined her, spread out her work and they started working on her sweater together.  After a short time had passed I heard the second lady say, to whom I had assumed was her…

This Lion Brand Yarn Studio customer’s making Obama finger puppets for all her Inaugeration party guests! Related links: Barack Obama Finger Puppet Presidential Polls of Knitters & Crocheters Crochet the Next President

The Knit One Save One Campaign is over and I just wanted to share a few statistics: 102 knitters & crocheters involved 209 crochet hooks used 258 pairs of needles used 36,750 yards of yarn knit & crocheted 525 heads covered 1,050 grateful parents Thank you!

On Monday, January 5, 2009 in our Lion Brand Yarn Studio, we had the pleasure of having guest author, Kate Jacobs, author of bestseller The Friday Night Knitting Club, read passages from its sequel Knit Two. She also answered questioned and signed copies of her book. The Friday Night Knitting Club is going to be…

Two friends were looking at the new workshop schedule and one pointed out the Gauge class to her friend, commenting that she could use that class.  Her friend said, “Oh a gauge workshop, the class nobody wants to take and everybody should.” Genius.

You know you’re buying a lot of yarn, when you bring your own cart (or stroller!) and fill it up…

We love our customers . . . they are smart, and funny, they surprise us, and make us laugh. I thought from time to time I would just share pictures, comments, stories & fun from the Studio. Today one of our customers named Melody stepped up to the counter to buy six balls of our…

With all that goes on during the holidays, make decorating simple and add a lot to your windows or tablescapes with this simple idea. To get the Lion Brand Yarn Studio (and our lion!) ready for winter, we hung these simple, fast crocheted snowflakes from the ceiling if our window display. They add sparkle and a little holiday…

Sunday December 7th was our very first Charity Knitting/Crochet day at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio.  We had a great turn out and everyone had a ball. If you live in the New York area and would like to visit the Studio (34 W. 15th Street New York, NY), it’s not too late to participate. …

In the latest episode of YarnCraft, our audio-podcast, my co-host Liz and I focus on two very exciting developments in the yarn world. First, we take an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the newly opened Lion Brand Yarn Studio, including interviews with staff and customers. Then we’re joined by Kate Jacobs, bestselling author of The Friday…