We are excited to look toward 2021 with the announcement of our Official Yarn Color Of The Year! Every year we work hard to pinpoint the colors that are inspiring you. Pulling together the most influential colors of the upcoming year to make sure we are bringing you the yarns you want to see. Last…
Have you ever returned from a vacation, bemoaning the fact that you forgot to buy a souvenir? Well, not Sam Barsky. Sam arrives at his destination with his souvenir on hand. Or, to be more precise, on him! Sam has achieved some notoriety in recent years for his remarkable sweater designs, depicting famous landmarks. He travels…
We are so excited to introduce the newest face of the Lion Brand Community! Meet Miriam. She’s a 13-year-old tween who caught the crafting bug! Miriam hosts our new series, ‘Made by Miriam’, perfect ideas for crafting for kids! She loves everything DIY. Whether it’s finding time to craft and forget the worries of homework,…
We’re thrilled to welcome writer, editor & crafter Alanna Okun for a signing of her first book, ‘The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater’. She’ll visit the Lion Brand Yarn Studio in Manhattan on Thursday, March 29th from 6:30pm – 8pm. She’ll read from her book, and be available to sign copies purchased at our Studio….
Lion Brand is making waves across the pond! The UK Craft Business Awards honoured Lion Brand in two new categories. We couldn’t be more excited! The Craft Business Awards are the biggest in the business, and they rolled out over a dozen new categories for 2018. They award companies of all sizes, for all kinds…
We had a very special Tea with Shira this month, and we wanted to share, in case you missed it. Shira hosted local knitter & recent social media celebrity Brooklyn Boy Knits! Brooklyn Boy Louis Boria is always knitting on the train, and on this particular ride, American Idol & Broadway star Frenchie Davis snapped…
In the newest episode of Tea with Shira, Shira sits down with Trisha Malcom, Editor in Chief of Vogue Knitting, to talk about the hottest knitting and crochet trends for 2017.
Shannon and Jason are a two-man team producing crochet pattern books from start to finish. Shira had a chat with this talented designer/photographer team about their love for Lion Brand yarns and their pattern books. And, of course, our Curvy Girl model Shira made note that these fashionable patterns range in size all the way…
Nicky Epstein is known for her whimsical patterns for dolls but she’s got a brand new book that’s totally different! You can make a wide range of amazing animals just by knitting a square! Shira sat down with Nicky to find out more about these patterns. They’re perfect for beginner knitters building their skills! Find…
New York Fashion week just ended so Shira is here to give you some runway-ready looks you can add to your wardrobe! That’s right! Tea with Shira is back for it’s second season! Fall’s biggest trends are easy to knit and crochet and Lion Brand has created a bunch of patterns that are inspired directly…
WOW — this is my 25th episode. I feel like it was just yesterday you were all just inviting me into your homes for tea …but it actually was a year ago! I know, mind blown! For the 25th episode of Tea with Shira, (which is actually half way to 50… which is half way…
For this episode of Tea with Shira I got to hang out with cats. Yep, cats! I went to a cat café — yep that’s a real thing — here in New York City called Little Lions. Lion Brand has some awesome cat toy patterns and I wanted to play with these little lions and so…
