There’s a new hygge in town. Meet cosagach, the cozy trend hailing from Scotland, which is popping up everywhere this New Year. It’s pronounced: coze-sag-och, and it’ll probably take us the length of the trend to learn to say it right. For anybody out there who’s still practicing ‘hoo-guh’ everytime they read ‘hygge’, I feel…
Do you ever seen an amazing pattern and think, “Wow, I love that, but I wish it were made in a different yarn”? Substituting a different yarn is an easy way to make a pattern truly unique. There are a few things to keep in mind when selecting a different yarn. Let’s use the Inishturk…
Yarncrafters have long used abbreviations as shorthand for different stitches and techniques. Now, crafters on the internet are using abbreviations for unique crocheting and knitting terms. Here’s a quick guide to some of the most popular terms. CAL: Crochet-along CIP: Crocheting in public DPN: Double-pointed needles FO: Finished object (in other words, a completed knit…
Last week, we asked our Facebook fans to finish the following sentence: “I wish Lion Brand would…” We received an amazing amount of feedback. While we cannot give everyone a free lifetime supply of yarn, we wanted to address some of your requests. Q: Why can’t I find your yarn in my local store? A:…
Did you know that you can read blog posts only on the topics you are interested in? Some of you wrote that you want to read about crocheting but not knitting (or visa versa.) Maybe you want to look at the history of the “knit-alongs” or look at the off-beat news from the “yarniverse”. To…
