Getting to Know Ice Cream Baby Yarn

Ice Cream® and Ice Cream® Big Scoop are soft 100% acrylic yarns that come in a sweet array of colors. You will find the classic baby girl pink and little boy blue, as well as combinations of pastels and neutrals like brown and gray. Regular Ice Cream® and Big Scoop are the same yarn base,…

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Try This Stitch: Stitching Together A Sampler Afghan

New Basic 175 yarn was delivered to the Lion Brand office and we all immediately fell in love. You may have noticed it’s been featured in a few of the “Try This Stitch” posts. After some squares were worked up and relaxing in a pile I couldn’t help but imagine a soft snuggly sampler blanket.…

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Try This Stitch: Horseshoe Cables

Cables, like this Horseshoe variation, shine in solid color yarns. A single cable framed with garter or reverse stockinette stitch adds interest to an otherwise plain item. Insert one on a sweater, hat, socks, or any other project that calls for added textural interest. The swatch shown was worked in New Basic 175 Yarn (colorway…

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