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. Scarfie® is one of our more…
This weekend marks both Christmas and the beginning of Hanukkah, so many of us will be spending a lot of time with family. Let’s be completely honest here — no matter how much you love your relatives, sometimes you need a little break. There’s nothing wrong with that — we all have to recharge, especially those who…
It’s the first day of fall! Say goodbye to summer 2016, and hello to cooling weather, changing leaves, and arguing on social media about the best seasonal coffee flavor. Most importantly, it’s time for beautiful knit and crocheted accessories. Finally, we will soon be able to wear our cowls, shrugs, sweaters, and scarves. If you…
Variegated yarns, like our Shawl in a Ball®, Scarfie, and Color Waves, can make stunning pieces with stripes (sometimes they’re called self-striping) or splashes of color. But they can also be tricky — what project is best for them? How can you show off the yarn while still making something interesting? In the case of…
Welcome to Community Spotlight, where we’ll be showing you highlights from our Customer 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. In case you haven’t noticed, scarves…
Famous fashionistas have been spotted all over the place rocking oversized neckwear, a.k.a. super scarves. Actresses, models, and musicians alike are sporting these trendy accessories, and with our Super Scarf Kits, now 20% off, you can too. Whether you knit or crochet, want something neutral or truly funky, we’ve got a super scarf that will…
Entrelac knitting is a cool way to create textured fabric that looks woven. It seems extremely complicated, and indeed is one of the more advanced techniques to learn, but once you sit down and do it, it actually isn’t that hard. Entrelac can be worked flat or in the round. You are making rows of…
The granny square is one of the most ubiquitous, widely-recognized pieces of fibercraft out there. Almost everyone can remember finding one of those colorful, black-trimmed, usually scratchy afghans in their house, or the house of someone they knew. Like much of the history of crochet and knitting, the exact origins of the granny square are…
Illusion knitting is a deceptively simple, really cool looking way to add unique visual interest to your creations. The basic premise is that you alternate rows of garter and stockinette stitch in order to create images that can only be seen at a certain angle. When you look at the piece straight on, it looks…
Welcome to Community Spotlight, where we’ll be showing you highlights from our Customer 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. There’s no escaping it: summer is…
Fall is almost here! Depending on where you live, school will be starting up in a couple of weeks or about a month, so the time is ripe to start knitting or crocheting projects for that first day. Whether you’re making something for someone’s first day of kindergarten or first semester of college, we’ve got…
The First Rule of Scarf of the Month Club is… Tell everybody about Scarf of the Month Club! We are so delighted to tell you about the incredible Scarf of the Month Club, a series of free scarf/cowl patterns that are created by one of our very favorite yarn artists, The Stitchin’ Mommy along with Oombawka Design. Sign up for one free…
