Celebrate Flag Day with Some Hand-Crafted Americana!

Happy Flag Day to our friends across the US! In celebration of this holiday, and because July 4 is just three weeks away, I wanted to share some of my favorite American flag-inspired knit and crochet projects. Which one will you make to celebrate Independence Day? Get just a touch of Americana with this crochet…

Read More

A Look at Vanna White and Lion Brand’s Visit to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

On Monday, June 10 on her show Wheel of Fortune, Vanna White shared a look at her recent trip to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She visited the facilities in Memphis with Lion Brand President/CEO David Blumenthal and EVP/COO Dean Blumenthal to announce our $1 million dollar donation to this great organization. If you’re reading this…

Read More

Bind-Offs: Great Endings to Your Knitting Project – Practice Binding Off

Techniques for binding off are as numerous as techniques for casting on. There are bind-offs that produce firm edges, looser edges, stretchy edges, edges that look like the pattern stitch used, gathered edges, decorative edges, and bind-offs that join two edges together. It is wise to begin by learning a basic bind-off technique to use…

Read More