Even Chickens Like Sweaters

It’s amazing to see what people can do with their yarncrafts. For instance, we saw on BBC that an English woman has gotten very creative with her knitting. She uses eyelash yarn to make sweaters for rescued hens who have lost their feathers. To learn more about this story, click here.

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Vintage Lion Brand

Recently, I visited Tucker’s Yarn of Allentown, PA, an old time customer of Lion Brand, with my nephew Evan. Tucker Yarn is a great family business that’s been around since 1949, run by 87 year-old Phil Tucker and his daughter May. Because they’ve been Lion Brand customers for so long, they have a huge collection…

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Nili Demos Machine Knitting with Michelle of Craftzine.com

When we started carrying the LK-150 knitting machine, lots of people asked us what it was like — although machine knitting has been around for a long time, many yarncrafters have never tried it or seen it, but it’s a wonderful (and fast) way to create. Click below to watch our video demo! The yarn…

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