If this is your first time venturing into the yarniverse, welcome! If you’re a knitting looking to cross-over to crochet, we’re happy to have you. We here at Lion Brand work hard to create accessible videos to help crafters pick up a new hobby, develop their skills, and try new things. With these 3 videos,…
Continuing our journey through the basic crochet stitches, it’s time for the double crochet! It is abbreviated as dc, and it if you’ve mastered the hdc this is just one small change. The double crochet stitch is one of the most popular stitches in crochet – it is the star of the V stitch as…
We all learn to knit or crochet at different points in our lives. Some are taught as children, while others don’t pick it up until retirement. So, right now, we ask you: When did you learn to knit or crochet? A follow up to that is, if you know how to do both, which did you…
Welcome back to the Learn to Crochet series! Today we’ll be making our second project, the Level 2 Striped Hat. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve learned some new stitches as well as how to read a crochet pattern or chart. You’re going to be using all of those new skills for the striped…
Welcome back to the Learn to Crochet with Me series! This week we’ll be talking about reading crochet patterns. You may be thinking to yourself, “but I can already read patterns — I knit!” This may be true, and you have a slight advantage from it, but crochet patterns and knitting patterns are two different…
Welcome to the first lesson in our Learn to Crochet series! This week, we’ll be learning two basic stitches: the chain and the single crochet. It should be noted that I am right-handed, and all of my instructions will reflect that. Moogly has a good set of instructions for how to crochet left-handed, if you…
“How to Knit” and “How to Crochet” were ranked as two of the Top 5 Google Searches for How-Tos in 2014 — so if you haven’t decided on a new year’s resolution yet, why not learn to knit or crochet? There’s a reason why these two crafts have become so popular. Research (and lots of anecdotal evidence)…
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a good week of swatching and are ready for the real fun to begin! There were some great questions and comments on last weeks post. It’s great to see everyone jumping in to help each other out so keep those questions coming. This week is all about…
In her newest Lion Brand tutorial, crochet expert Yolanda Soto-Lopez guides you through the Little Super Hero Blanket pattern with one of our newest yarns, Hometown USA®. Check out the video tutorials below! VIDEO #1 VIDEO #2 If you like this video, check out more tutorials from Yolanda at All Crafts Channel!
This column by Barbara Breiter, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Knitting & Crocheting, originally appeared in The Weekly Stitch newsletter. Knitting needles and crochet hooks are as varied as the crafters who utilize them. There is no right or wrong when you select a one. Needles and hooks have specific attributes based on…
Wherever I go, when I mention I work for Lion Brand Yarn Company, people tell me they would love to learn to knit or crochet. It’s not surprising that so many more people want to learn these crafts. Not only do you see a lot of younger people and celebrities knitting in the last couple…
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