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Things We’re Doing Besides Knitting & Crocheting: What to See, Read & Do!

Here in the marketing department at Lion Brand, we talk a lot about knitting and crocheting and yarn and magic loops and swatches and yarn weights (we know our DK from our super bulky) and and and … bottom line is that we’re all experts in one way or another when it comes yarn. We…

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A Design Internship to Dream About: Meet our Intern Karin!

In this guest post by Karin Cohen, you’ll see what it’s like to intern in New York City for Lion Brand Yarn! Karin takes us on her journey: From Shenkar to Lion Brand Yarn My name is Karin Cohen, and I’m from Israel. I came to New York for a special reason: to do an…

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Things We’re Doing Besides Knitting and Crocheting: Travel Edition!

Here in the marketing department at Lion Brand, we talk a lot about knitting and crocheting and yarn and magic loops and swatches and yarn weights (we know our DK from our super bulky) and and and … bottom line is that we’re all experts in one way or another when it comes yarn. We…

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8 Things We’ve Been Doing (Besides Knitting and Crocheting!)

Here in the marketing department at Lion Brand, we talk a lot about knitting and crocheting and yarn and magic loops and swatches and yarn weights (we know our DK from our super bulky) and and and … bottom line is that we’re all experts in one way or another when it comes yarn. We…

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The Lion Brand Team runs a 5k!

Chelsea Carle is Lion Brand’s Business Development Coordinator. On Thursday, May 28th, a group of associates from the Lion Brand Yarn Company ran a 5K race organized by “Corporate Fun Run” at the Meadowlands Race Track in East Rutherford, New Jersey. It all started when Evan Blumenthal, Lion Brand’s Director of Global Business Development, put…

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12 Things We’re Doing Besides Knitting & Crocheting: Cooking, Reading, Traveling and more!

Here in the marketing department at Lion Brand, we talk a lot about knitting and crocheting and yarn and magic loops and swatches and yarn weights (we know our DK from our super bulky) and and and … bottom line is that we’re all experts in one way or another when it comes yarn. We…

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A Little Glamour in Sin City

I’d never wanted to visit Vegas. I don’t like to gamble and I don’t like crowds (even after almost ten years living in New York City). Quite frankly, Las Vegas seemed like the opposite of my favorite thing to do which is curl up with my knitting and a good movie. But when I got the…

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Meet Shira Blumenthal: Lion Brand Yarn’s Brand Ambassador!

Lion Brand® Yarn, a family-owned and operated yarn company, announces the official launch of a new web series with its newly appointed Brand Ambassador, Shira Blumenthal, a fifth generation member of the family. The new web series, Tea with Shira, was created to share the story of this 137-year-old brand directly with crafters in person…

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There’s Nothing Crafty About Airport Security

As a knitter I always wonder when I travel, “can I bring my knitting needles with me?” That’s a question that maybe you ask yourself too.  My co-worker Sarah wrote this post which offers some helpful tips for traveling with knitting and what handy dandy tools we’re allowed to use. I always use it as…

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10 More Things We’re Doing Besides Knitting & Crocheting

Here in the marketing department at Lion Brand, we talk a lot about knitting and crocheting and yarn and magic loops and swatches and yarn weights (we know our DK from our super bulky) and and and … bottom line is that we’re all experts in one way or another when it comes yarn. We…

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