Yarncrafting Costumes: Designing a Bunny Tail

My knitted costuming adventures continue, this time with extra fuzziness! A friend of mine frequently dresses up as a bunny for costume parties, and so I decided to make a bunny tail for his birthday. Since I wanted the tail to be super soft and fluffy, yarn selection was paramount. Romance to the rescue! This…

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New Basic Yarn is Our New Favorite

As you might imagine, we get to play with a lot of yarns here at the Lion Brand office. New lines come in and we gather around to pair colors, make swatches, and plan projects. Currently we’re infatuated with New Basic 175. It’s probably safe that to say New Basic is our new favorite yarn. Over…

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The Baja Blanket Sweater

Occasionally you stumble across a pattern that begs to be started immediately. The Baja Blanket Sweater from Mama in a Stitch was such a design for the Lion Brand staff! No sooner had the PDF arrived that four projects were eagerly begun.  The Baja Blanket Sweater in the “Original – Baja” colorway

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