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The Tip is 'Teach Grandchildren' One day, while I was on the Made In America Secrets site my granddaughter noticed and asked me what I was doing. I told her about the Big Secret and as I explained, she began to ask me more questions. After several minutes she left my office to play with her little sister. Months had gone by and until recently, I had forgotten about that moment. She was visiting again and I was talking to her about buying a custom printed T-Shirt. She immediately told me about a website that I could use to buy one. Wow I thought, she is only eight years old and already teaching me. The most amazing thing then happened, she said "Pops they sell Made In America T-Shirts". Thanks to her I purchased six custom Made In USA T-Shirts. Her name is Britton, she understands the Big Secret and I love it when she tells me her Little Secrets! Now she is ten and writing a screenplay called Mertastic. It is a story about a mermaid. Recently, she was visiting our house again and using my computer. She called me to come into my office and of course I came to her because that is what grandparents love to do. One of the reasons I love to be with her is because it is always interesting to see what she is up to. This time, she needed a mermaid tail for her movie, so we began to look around using Google. Her mother is a talented seamstress and will make the tail so we were looking for fabric that would be satisfy my granddaughter's vision of her mermaid tail. Once again we began to talk about Made in America and therefore started to investigate the country of origin of the fabrics she was considering. Because of that experience Made in USA fabric is now one of Made in America Secrets products. Thank you, Britton. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by Lion Brand Yarns Famous for Quality Since 1878 Founded in New York City, Lion Brand Yarn Company is a 135 year-old brand that has been family owned and operated for 5 generations. The company is devoted to inspiring and educating knitters and crocheters with yarns, patterns, how-tos and ideas that elevate their yarn crafting experience. Year after year we drive innovation in the yarn business and pursue excellence in the quality of our products. The history of hand-knitting in America can be written by the yarns we have introduced: Lion Brand's wool yarn was the first yarn to receive the coveted Wool Mark for excellence, Jamie Baby yarn was the first non-commodity baby yarn that offered the first free pattern and color image on the label, Jiffy was the first non 4-ply fashion yarn for the mass market, Homespun began the trend for novelty yarns in the mass market and is still a favorite American made yarn after more than 10 years. Fun Fur ignited a craze and helped bring knitting back into popularity for a younger consumer. Vanna's Choice is the first celebrity licensed yarn with a portion of the proceeds going to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. You can count on the fact that the next breakthrough in yarns will come from Lion Brand! Lion Brand is renowned for its pattern support, which is a source of inspiration for yarn lovers. We offer patterns to the public through magazines, branded books with major publishers, as well as our web site, which offers 5,823 free knitting and crochet patterns, with more added every week. Our publishing partnerships have included both magazine and book publishers. We were involved in launching Knit.1 with Soho Publishing -- the first knitting magazine to target the 20 to 35-year-old audience and it has sold out each issue -- an unprecedented result in magazine publishing. We also partner with Clarkson Potter, Leisure Arts, Random House, and Soho Publishing to produce books that are distributed to bookstores around the country, as well as craft shops and other key yarn retailers. The Lion Brand web site is the most visited site on the Internet of those that feature yarn. Over 1 million weekly e-newsletter subscribers receive up-to-date information about new products, information about knit, crochet and craft techniques and special offers, as well as knitting stories, e-cards, and a popular comic called Lola. Lion Brand yarns are available throughout the United States in craft chains, discount chains and internationally in 17 countries. You may also purchase our yarns directly from our web site. |
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