Choosing the Right Yarn

It’s always frustrating to find a lovely pattern written for a yarn that has been discontinued, or one that you don’t particularly care for. One of the great things about knitting and crochet is that it’s very easy to use a yarn other than the one called for in the pattern. You can’t just swap…

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Thank You For Helping 1,983 Students!

In the Lion Brand e-newsletter, The Weekly Stitch, of November 19th, we asked you to join together to help fund public school projects related to knitting, crochet and weaving.  We set up a giving group at Donor’s Choose, where teachers who do not have public funding for projects they would like to work on with…

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Video Contest: Give the Gift of Handmade

Giving something handmade is special and meaningful, and this season it could even get you a chance to win $100 on LionBrand.com! Make a video of yourself giving a hand-knit or hand-crocheted gift and upload it to your own YouTube account, then place it on our YouTube group. To do this, simply click on “Submit…

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