Building Community Through Crafting

April is National Stress Awareness Month and in keeping with this, the Craft Yarn Council (CYC) is running the “Stitch Away Stress” campaign. They have broken the month down into 4 themes: Mind, Body, Spirit; Exercising the Mind; Community; and Inspirations Ability to Heal. This week the focus is community and how knitting and crocheting…

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Learn to Knit Lesson 1: Casting On

Lesson 1: Casting On Casting on, the foundation of knitting.  For beginner knitters, we recommend learning the knitting cast-on first, it’s simple and leaves an edge that stretches well. After you learn this method, there are many more to choose from! Popular methods include: Single-stitch cast-on Long-tail cast-on Cable cast-on Double-knitted cast-on Crochet edge cast-on

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The Stratus Wrap

Center Yourself With the Stratus Wrap April is Stress Awareness Month and here at Lion Brand we’ve been exploring some designs that are comforting and fulfilling to create. The Stratus Wrap came to mind as one of these designs. The shape is a classic triangle shawl worked from the top (center) down (out). You work…

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