Last month, I was reading Craft’s blog, and I saw this blog post by our friend Becky Stern that included an amazing aran chair sweater. Whimsical and just generally delightful, I love the idea of a cozy knitted chair! It may not be a project for everyone, but it’s certainly inspiring to see the amazing…
A craft fair is an amazing way to connect to other crafters. Not only do you get to support the local economy, but you get the chance to bond with fellow crafters and artisans. Here at Lion Brand, we really enjoy both visiting and sponsoring local events. The Lion Brand Yarn Studio recently had the…
At the World Maker Faire in New York City last week, fiber artist, Robyn Love, created a piece of installation art that was made of hundreds of hand knit and crochet squares of Hometown USA yarn. The squares were sewn together to create flame-like extensions for the rocket ship (still standing from the 1964 World’s…
This weekend, the Lion Brand team will be out at the New York Hall of Science in Queens for the FIRST EVER World Maker Faire–bringing our favorite DIY festival, featuring everything from food to robots to rockets to hand-crafts to our hometown of NYC. In the area this weekend? Come by this two-day event (Saturday…
We’re thrilled that the 2010 World Maker Faire is taking place in our hometown of New York City on September 25th and 26th. To celebrate, we’re collaborating with fiber artist Robyn Love to yarn bomb a rocket at the New York Hall of Science! The installation–called Send a Message to the Universe–will consistent of 12″…
I’m not sure I can possibly convey the incredible phenomenon of Maker Faire but I will try because it’s going to be coming to our home town, New York City, in September and is spreading to more cities around the country each year. Maker Faire is a public festival that celebrates creativity with a focus…
You may remember when we introduced our first “Star Contributor” Grace Jones, who contributes so much to our communities on Ravelry, Facebook, listens toand comments on our podcasts and has visited the Lion Brand Studio. This month Grace wrote a blog post on her own blog about a summer top she crocheted with Cotton-Ease. Are you a “Star…
INSTRUCTABLES We met the folks at Instructables a few years ago when we first exhibited at Maker Faire in California. The owners are a husband and wife team, Christy Canida and Eric Wilhelm, who created a site 4 years ago that aims to provide how-to instructions on…well just about everything. In addition to crafting ideas,…
We love to reach out to yarncrafters (and those who want to learn a yarncraft) here at Lion Brand, which is why we go to a bunch of different craft and yarn fairs throughout the year. So far in 2010, we’ve been to Stitches West and Stitches South, and we just got back from Maker…
This year’s Maker Faire, the world’s largest do-it-yourself festival, was the best yet! While Zontee, along with Liz, Daniela, Karen, India, and Mandy recover from all of the fun and jet lag, here are some of your pictures from Flickr. By got2knit By den yoko By sleepgoblin
If you’re looking for an amazingly entertaining, educational and fun outting, join about 85,000 people of all ages in the San Mateo County Expo Center at the end of May. Lion Brand will be a sponsor of Maker Faire for the third year in a row. Other sponsors include Whole Foods, Google, and Yahoo. You’ll…
In YarnCraft episode #16, we shared interviews from the Maker Faire, an INCREDIBLE event featuring all sorts of handmade things and the amazing people behind them. It was even featured in the New York Times. Our episode features interviews with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee (the popular knitter/author/blogger also known as the Yarn Harlot), Becky and Natalie of…
