Want to learn how to make gorgeous, colorful designs with your knitting? We’ve got two classes coming up that can help — Fair Isle Basics and Intarsia Basics! You can make myriad designs and patterns if you know how to do...

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Want to learn how to make beautiful colorwork patterns in your knitting, but don’t know where to begin? Then sign up for the Fair Isle Basics class at LBYS! Fair Isle, or stranded knitting, is a wonderful technique used to create...

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There are a few spaces available in Melissa Leapman’s color knitting classes coming up next month but they’re going fast! Don’t miss out on your opportunity to learn from this master! Knitting with color is all the rage these days, and...

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We’ve got some gorgeous Homespun® afghans in the Studio this month! And beautiful scarves and cowls!  

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On Thursday, August 14th 2014 the Lion Brand Yarn Studio hosted its very first Customer Fashion Show (and Tell) event. Our talented customers showed off the skills they have learned in many of our classes and walked the runway in true...

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Question: What has 87 yarncrafters, 14 demos, 7 teachers and 3 raffle prizes? Answer: Colorwork O’Rama 2012!!! Colorwork-o-Rama was a blast this year, we had so much fun teaching and learned a lot from your questions and suggestions! [jj-ngg-jquery-slider title=”Colorwork-o-Rama 2012...

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by Kally Aronis Armed with Boye’s “Teach Yourself to Knit” booklet, size US 8 needles, and some brown yarn, I sat myself down on a bench at Columbus Circle with high hopes of learning a new craft. Two hours later, I...

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Last Thursday, Lion Brand Yarn Studio had two very special guests: Adrienne Martini and Mary Tudor. Well, okay — only one of those visitors was a person. The other was a sweater! But not just any sweater: Mary Tudor is a...

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Last Friday, an awe-inspiring 80 yarncrafters visited Lion Brand Yarn Studio for the second annual Color Work-O-Rama. We presented 14 free demos about everything color — in both knit and crochet. The folks who attended got a little taste of the...

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Last week,  I was lucky enough to be amongst the 50 knitters to attend Knitting Camp with Meg Swansen. Knitting Camp came into being when Elizabeth Zimmermann began teaching a weekend knitting course at an extension of the University of Wisconsin....

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