If you’ll be in the Portland area for the Knit & Crochet Show this weekend, stop by the Lion Brand booth and say hello! We’ll be giving away free patterns, showing off some of our newest yarns, and raffling off books! The show will feature vendors, classes, workshops, speakers, and so much more with thousands…

If you’re looking for an amazingly entertaining, educational and fun outting, join about 85,000 people of all ages in the San Mateo County Expo Center at the end of May. Lion Brand will be a sponsor of Maker Faire for the third year in a row.  Other sponsors include Whole Foods, Google, and Yahoo.   You’ll…

This is a guest post from Rose, in our Sales department: On Monday night, April 27, Jack and I attended the Westchester Knitting Guild meeting at the Chappaqua Library in Chappaqua, NY. We met with Olive McNeil and the Westchester Knitting Guild members, who are a group of highly skilled knitters and crocheters. The women…

Recently, I visited Tucker’s Yarn of Allentown, PA, an old time customer of Lion Brand, with my nephew Evan. Tucker Yarn is a great family business that’s been around since 1949, run by 87 year-old Phil Tucker and his daughter May. Because they’ve been Lion Brand customers for so long, they have a huge collection…

It was so fun to have Martha Stewart visit the Lion Brand Yarn Studio with her French bulldogs Sharkey and Francesca — a particular thrill for me personally, since I grew up watching her shows. Earlier this month, Martha blogged about her visit to the Studio and posted some beautiful pictures. Click here to read…

Every year at the Craft and Hobby Association’s winter show, we have a special fashion show — hosted by the lovely Vanna White — featuring some of our latest patterns and creations. This year’s show, in Anaheim, CA, featured new takes on the classic scarf. Some of these patterns are already available on our website,…

Yesterday I went to visit Spacecraft in Brooklyn, NY. Spacecraft is a unique craft-making and supply store located on the South Side of Williamsburg. I would call this store “Retrocraft.” It is a really great out-of-the-box type store. I knew something was different when I first drove by and saw their window display. “Poo Poo…

We don’t have a pattern for the amazing garden table featured on the show, BUT here is a general description of how it was made: The moss on the surface of the table was created by wrapping and gluing Jiffy, Homespun, and Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in various shades of green and brown. The “earth”…

This is a guest post from Nicole: My name is Nicole and I work in the sales department at Lion Brand. I have been with the company a little over a year. On February 13, I headed out to Minneapolis, MN for the National Knit-Out & Crochet event at the Mall of America, held on…

This is a post from John, in our New Jersey office: My name is John, and I work in Lion Brand’s Information Technology (IT) department. I originally learned to crochet from Carolyn, my best friend in our Customer Service department. As of Nov. 11th, I will have been working here for one year. Crocheting is…