Surfing around my favorite design blogs and websites, I sometimes stumble upon some really unique ways in which designers are using knitting and crocheting to get inspired and to make out-of-the-box projects, and today’s blog post is another great example of that. We often think of knitting and crocheting as crafts to make small wearable…

A little while ago, I received a wonderful article from my friend Wolfie that made me smile. It was a feature in The New York Times on knit and crochet “critter” hats and accessories, spotted all over New York City. Being that critters are very near and dear to our hearts here at Lion Brand,…

Lion Brand unveiled a giant menagerie of exotic animals made of yarn at the Craft and Hobby Association convention in Anaheim, California last week. These one-of-a-kind animals were created from a variety of our yarns available at Wal-Mart and retail craft chains including Jo-Ann and Michaels. The yarns, including Homespun, Fishermen’s Wool, Vanna’s Choice and…

Our annual fashion show is one of the highlights of our year. Featuring avant-garde concept pieces, as well as wearable fashions, it’s a fun and fantastic show, featuring America’s favorite crocheter, Vanna White. Check out this short video from The Orange County Register, with footage of our annual fashion show and an interview with Vanna…

Congratulations to Sarah for winning our video contest! Sarah made a hat and scarf for her step-father, Terry. Enjoy her great video below. Related links: Video Contest: Give the Gift of Handmade

We love to see pictures of your projects and read your honest opinions on our yarns and patterns, both on our website and on your personal blogs. Here are just a few of the blogs that have caught our attention recently. Goodnight Gram knitted several of our patterns (including the Crayon Caddy) and used Wool-Ease…

One never knows that you will find out there in the yarniverse. The other day I received an interesting article from my cousin from Discovery Magazine which featured a variety of different science projects that were knitted or crocheted, including the periodic table sweater above (made in Wool-Ease by Avital P.) that we tweeted about…

As long-time blog readers know, I love the nexus of fiber, art, and fashion, so for today’s blog post, I wanted to share the work of fiber artist Cielo Pessione, whose gorgeous crochet neck-pieces combine traditional fibers with unconventional materials like hematite beads and even hedgehog quills! These sophisticated one-of-a-kind art pieces really emphasize just…

Our friend and long-time knit/crochet designer, Margaret Hubert has a new book, The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet, coming out in January. We caught up with her to ask her about this project and the inspiration behind it. What inspired you to create this book? Linda Neubauer, my editor at CPI and I were talking…

A few weeks ago, LBY-customer Lisa S. posted on the Lion Brand Yarn Studio’s Ravelry board some pretty cool news: So I knit my sister a Golden Honey Shrug in the Sapphire colorway of Vanna’s Glamour and she wore it to the White House Christmas party last night! How cool is that???? Lucky for us…