Now that it’s summer, we at Lion Brand love to knit and crochet outside! PT shot this a short video of Jess, Zontee, and me working on our projects in the beautiful Madison Square Park. Jess and I are both knitting the Marigold Sweater from Interweave Knits in LB Collection Superwash Merino, and Zontee finished…
Read MoreThis is a guest post from Mike D., whose last blog post was about our company bowling night. Have you ever seen 426 people simultaneously crocheting? If you are saying “yes,” then it could be that you were at Citi Field on June 5th for Stitch N Pitch. While I was not one of the…
Read MoreMost of you probably already know that I go to speak at local guilds and knitting & crochet groups in the area. A few weeks ago, I visited the Long Island Knitting Guild, and I had a great time. As with many knitting & crochet groups, one of the fun parts of getting together is…
Read MoreA few months ago, the amazing indie star Kate Nash came by to spend the day with us at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio. Turns out she is a long time knitter and she really wanted her new interview for Nylon Magazine to be done in a yarn store…and lucky for us, she picked ours!…
Read MoreWe 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…
Read MoreAt the end of April, Andrea (one of our great Lion Brand Yarn Studio staffers) and I headed down to Atlanta, Georgia for Stitches South. It’s only Lion Brand’s second time to Stitches ever and our first time to Stitches South, so it was a exciting experience for us, as well as the hundreds of…
Read MoreWhen I was young, school was definitely not one of my favorite places to go, but as I have gotten older I have found a new respect for the classroom. As most knitters and crocheters know, there is always a new skill or pattern or challenge to take on, and as I’ve gotten older, I’ve…
Read MoreI’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…
Read MoreOn Monday, we changed our Facebook profile picture to a picture of our yarn stash. We want everyone to celebrate their stash and show it off in their Facebook profile picture. Changing your profile picture is easy. In case you forgot how, here is a quick reminder: First, go to your profile and put your…
Read MoreThis is a guest post from Mike D. in our New Jersey office: At Lion Brand, we enjoy a company get-together that is casual and gives us a chance to talk, knit or crochet, and play at the same time. Sure it may seem odd to walk into a bowling alley, and see people knitting…
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