This week on the website Color Made Easy® is one of the featured CYC #5 Bulky yarns. With that in mind it seemed appropriate to dedicate this edition of Queued Up to my new favorite bulky yarn. I’m a self proclaimed “wool girl,” yet I’m loving this 100% acrylic yarn. Why? It’s easy. The bulky…
The Diamond lace stitch forms a lovely allover pattern, or work a single 8-st repeat as a focal panel surrounded by another stitch. Diamond lace is a lace stitch, but not true knitted lace, which has patterning on both sides of the fabric. For this stitch you will only be working patterning on the RS…
Yarns come in many different thicknesses, and these yarn weights go by many different names! Worsted, afghan, and aran weight yarns all fall under the same category, while fingering weight and sock weight yarns are one and the same. To help you keep track of what’s what, we’ve compiled a chart using the weight standards…
Welcome to Community Spotlight, where we’ll be showing you highlights from our Community Gallery. To be featured in the gallery, simply post a picture of your Lion Brand creations to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtag #lionbrandyarn. We’ll be choosing some of our favorites to post to the blog. Chunky yarns. They’re great for pretty…
Granny squares are a classic crochet motif. You can make anything out of them. They grace sweaters, scarves, blankets, pet clothes — and they don’t even have to be square! They can be circles, hexagons, or any shape you want. The exact origins of the granny square are unknown (like much of the history of…
Do you harbor a soft spot for the deep-colors and heathered hues of Heartland? Do you love chunky weight yarns? Then guess what? You’ll LOVE one of our newest yarns, Heartland Thick & Quick®! Heartland, one of our most popular worsted-weight yarns, is loved for its soft and silken make. We super-sized it to create…
