In this guest post by Gali Beeri, she reveals a knitted costume perfect for the theme, “wicked witches” … Just because Halloween is behind us doesn’t mean my costuming adventures have ended! I like to find opportunities for costuming year-round. The last costume party’s theme was wicked witches. Choosing the project was the easy part…
Today’s guest post comes from Tamara Kelly author and designer of Moogly Blog. Tamara is sharing 6 diverse crochet patterns that you can complete just in time for your New Year’s celebration. Whether going out, or staying in, you’re sure to find something here to suit your celebration needs! The last holiday of “Happy Holidays” tends to be…
Claire Cromwell is the Studio Manager at the Lion Brand Yarn Studio in New York City. In this post, she celebrates Star Wars with both knit and crochet projects! You may have heard about this film sequel coming out today – a little movie called Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Yes, the highly anticipated sci-fi…
The holiday season is here and we hope you’re feeling the spirit! Today, I’m sharing 9 knit and crochet ornament patterns with you that can be completed within a few hours. Hang these on your tree, hang them around the house, attach them to gifts, or even make a few and give to some friends….
Did you know that about a two-thirds of Americans play video games? That means millions of us are searching for lost worlds, traveling through intergalactic space/time, collecting strange and wonderful objects, and just fighting the good fight in general. So with that in mind, you can be sure that a game-inspired amigurumi (Japanese word for…
Today’s guest post is brought to us by Tamara Kelly, author and designer of Moogly Blog. Tamara is sharing 15 of her favorite quick and easy gift patterns that can be completed before Hanukkah or Christmas. The patterns she’s sharing come from a variety of sources and can be made for all of the wonderful…
Friends! Fellow Knitters! I cannot believe we have reached the end of another fantastic knit along. I admit I felt a little overwhelmed when I read the Free Spirit Topper pattern — all those stockinette stitches! – but I am SO GLAD I stuck with it because my topper is so cozy. I haven’t taken…
The holidays are here, and it’s time to start decorating! Crochet designer Salena Baca has just released a new book, Crochet for Christmas – which has some seriously cute and modern holiday designs. Just look at the cover, how amazing are those crochet cabled stockings! If you can, I suggest you get your hands on…
Are you familiar with the corner to corner crochet method? Corner to corner (C2C) crochet is a fun technique which involves working with a graph and crocheting your complete piece along a diagonal. In working the afghan, you start at one corner of your pixel square graph (typically the bottom right hand corner) and follow…
You are probably nearing the end of your first of two panels for the Free Spirit Topper. You have repeated the same two rows for so many inches, you may be exhaling a little sigh as you realize you have to do it all again for the second half of your Free Spirit Topper! If…
In this guest post, Lion Brand’s Technical Editor Jackie Smyth shares great project ideas for traveling knitters and crocheters. I grew up in Brooklyn, in a family known for our ‘itchy feet’. Travel was our passion – whether a short local jaunt by subway or an endless flight to someplace more exotic. I also grew up…
You have time! Check in every day for the next 30 days for a new video with a great holiday project suggestion from Kristy Glass. Think of it as a virtual advent calendar for gift-giving! She explains it all in the video below and below that you’ll find links to each day’s new pattern suggestion…
