Lion Brand Yarns

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American Made Crochet Patterns, and American Made 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.

The following is a reply from Lion Brand Yarns to our question – "Are your products Made in America?"

How do you know the products you have listed are Made in the USA?
Before including products in our database we review the advertiser’s website and/or contact them to ascertain the origin of their products. Some advertisers sell both Made in USA products and foreign ones. Therefore we highly recommend you review FAQ 2.

We immediately investigate any complaints regarding deceptive Country of Origin claims. If we determine an advertiser's claim is not truthful we will immediately remove the product/s from our database and suspend our relationship with the Company making the claim.

To document your complaint, email us by using our Contact Us page. We can only respond to complaints that have been submitted in writing.

What does Made in USA mean?
There is no law requiring most products to be labeled Made In USA, or have any other disclosure about the amount of U.S. content. However, for job creation purposes (see our Big Secret tab), if you have a choice between an imported product and one with no country of origin on its label, choose the product without a country of origin over the imported one. This is true because the product without the country origin on its label has at least some American labor in its content and the imported one most likely does not.

Note: Imported products are required by law to country of origin on their label and products partially Made In USA do not. To answer this question completely reviewing our Labeling Tips 1, 2 & 3. These tips are accessible from scrolling to the bottom of our home page clicking Browse All Tips button.