crochet – Page 4 – India Yarn Circle

Now that we have seen what tunisian crochet is and how to work it, lets go a step further!!

As you all know, we are running the PAX Shawl as TCAL over at the IndiaYarnCircle for this month, and we thought it would be a great help to break down certian stitches and techniques, and ease your understanding of Tunisian Crochet.

Still clueless about what we are talking??

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The Pax Shawl

The Pax shawl is beautiful simple tunisian crochet pattern that uses a combination of regualr crochet and tunisian crochet techniques.

One of the stitches used in the shawl is the Tunisian Linked stitch or the Uple stitch.

The linked stiches can be worked in any numbers as required. These are very simple stitches that are a perfect combination of regular crochet and tunisian crochet.

The linked stitch is basically a vertical stitch worked up to the length n number required and worked down again to link it to the foundation row.

You can build the linked sttiches to make them 1-uple, 2-uple, 3-uple, 4-uple, 5-uple and so on. These numbers are basically the no. of horizontal bars in the one stitch.

The working of the linked stitches is a little different, since we pull up loops in the horizontal bars and work verticaly to build the height of the stitches. Hence it better to turn work 90 degrees to make it easier.

Image showing the vertical length of the 5-uple stitch

Image with work turned 90 degree for working the horizontal bars

You can find a detailed video tutorial explaining the linked stitches below:

Hope this tutorial is helpful for understanding the tunisian linked stitches!!

Please feel free to leave your queries and comments below!

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Summer Fashion 2020 | Meet the Makers | Part 3

August 7, 2020 indiayarncircle

Did you watch our Summer Fashion Show in collaboration with Anchor? If not you can watch it here!!

Also, Are you curious about all the makes in the video?

We will be sharing some tidbits about each of our makes spread out over 3 Parts.

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Here’s Part 3…

Watch our IYC makers talk about their Anchor makes and scroll down to read all about it!!!

Verbana Lacy Top by Rosy Bakshi of @mnhcrochetcreation

Hello Everyone,
I am here to talk about my Verbena Lacy Top. Initially when I was learning crochet, i used to refer to patterns a lot and get inspired by all the wonderful ladies who come out with such brilliant Artistic ideas. Now, I keep pushing myself to create something of my own. So when we told about Anchor project, I thought this is the right time to do it!
Verbena is the name of multicoloured tiny flowers of purple, pink and white. I have designed this top with lacy flowers at the top and bottom with star stitch which looks like flowers, and hence verbena is apt for it.
I used Anchor knitting cotton 4057.
In total I used 300 gm ( 6 balls) of yarn. Around 900 m of yarn is required for this. I have made this in medium size. I used 4 shades for this top. Purple-shade 101, Mauve-104, pink-049, Beige-926. The best part of this top is, you can use up yout stash. I would say an advanced beginner could make this easily. The front panel and back panel are exactly the same. Its stitched up from the sides, before i made the sleeves. I used anchor because i trust the quality. It has fast colours and besides being suitable for many other projects, It’s perfect for wearables too.
Hook size: 2mm

Finnish Sqaure Boho Top by Noumin of @naore_the_blot

I am Noumin and my insta handle is @naore_the_blot . I am not much of a wearable crocheter and when i got a rare opportunity of making one, i choose a pattern that involved a lot of squares. i chose to do my top with Finnish squares and hence the name finnish square boho top. The yarn i used is Anchor mercerised knitting cotton 4057. And I used about 7 colours. The colours of the squares you require only upto or less than 30 gms and the main colour used to joing the sqaures for fringes you require upto 50gms. the hook size used is 2.5mm. The pattern is a beginner friendly, easy to do pattern. only challenge i faced making it is weaving in a million ends as a result of using multiple colours. It can be made to fit any size from child to adult easily. I am so happy with how it turned out and i hope you will love making it too.

Tikhi Mirchi Dress by Chandana Kiran of @naughty_knotz

Tikhi Mirchi is a vibrant ensemble, Designed by Chandana Kiran @naughty_knotz, Indian-inspired, boho-chic dress a perfect amalgamation of Indian and western flavours for a global appeal. Designed for any woman, wherever she may be in the world– who loves, lives and breathes free spirit
Designed with Anchor Mercerised cotton 4060 DK weight yarn using 250 grams for a medium size and sewed along using linen. It’s a made to fit dress , follow @naught_knotz for details on the pattern

#summerwithanchor #makingyarnconnections #ownurstyle #crochet #crochetislife #mosaiccrochet

The JuJu Scarf by Divya Bhat of @stringtierey

Hello everyone,
I’m Divya Bhat. I’m the maker and designer behind @stringtierey. I have designed The JuJu scarf for the Summer Fashion Show 2020 in collaboration with Anchor Crafts and IndiaYarnCircle.
The JuJu scarf is dedicated to my dear friend and the design concept translates her personality into a scarf pattern. The scarf is made is 3 balls of 50gms each, AKC 4057 – fingering weight yarn with a 3.5mm hook. It’s embellished with beads and tassels and is the perfect summer make.
The pattern also allows for the use of 4 balls of AKC 4ply 4060, dk weight yarn with 4.5 mm hook.
You can find The JuJu Scarf pattern on Ravelry, Payhip and Lovecrafts.com under my brand name Stringtierey.

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Week 3 – Summer Fashion CAL with The JuJu Scarf.

July 27, 2020 indiayarncircle

Week 3 is here!! And time is surely flying fast!! We are sure all of you are on your start to making beautiful versions of The JuJu Scarf!!

If you have made it this far then pat yourself on the back and a big congratualtions!!! you have made it through the quirks of the pattern and completed 60% of the scarf!!!

Way to go!!!!

so, Last week we saw the start of the scarf pattern, We started with our gauge swatch and foundation Single Crochet. We learnt how to decrease the pattern to create the triangular shape and also learnt how to add beads to the corners of the clusters. So many new fun things to learn!!!

Our Designer Divya Bhat of Stringtierey went live on our facebook group explaining how to reada pattern and also adressing your questions and queries!! You can join our Facebook group and watch these very informative lives and be part of the cal!!

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For week 3, we are going to continue on the pattern and start the last part of the decrease. in this week we will learn how to decrease by single clusters on each side and how to finish the last row!! Yes your heard that right, the last row!!

But the work doesnt end here and we learn all about finishing, tassle making and blocking in the last and final week of the CAL!!

Leave us your questions and queries in comments below and join the facebook group to get in on all the details and the giveaway for this week!!!

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Week 2 – Summer Fashion cal 2020 with The JuJu Scarf

July 27, 2020 indiayarncircle

Welcome to Week 2 of the cal!!!

We are sure you guys have all got your materials by now and are all super excited to begin!!

Week 2 is the actual start of the CAL and the pattern will be shared to everyone who has registered for the cal, via email. Once you get the email, download your pattern and you are all good to go!!

Week 2 is all about taking it slow, reading all the instructions, and going step by step as per the pattern. Our Designer Divya Bhat will be availble on our facebook group to answer all the questions and queries’ . She will also be going Live on the IndiaYarnCircle Facebook group to answer all your queries and address your issues. So do look out for that!!!!

The cal is happening on the IndiaYarnCircle Facebook group. So do Join the group below.

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You can also leave your queries and questions here if you need.

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Summer Fashion 2020 | Meet the Makers | Part 2

July 24, 2020 indiayarncircle

Did you watch our Summer Fashion Show in collaboration with Anchor? If not you can watch it here!!

Also, Are you curious about all the makes in the video?

We will be sharing some tidbits about each of our makes spread out over 3 Parts.

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Here’s part 2…

Watch our IYC makers talk about their Anchor makes and scroll down to read all about it!!!

Gem Drops Jewellery Set by Sindhu Udupa of @cosine_crochet

Hi everyone. I am Sindhu from @cosine_crochet. Basically I am an amigurumi artist. Only recently I started exploring other forms of crochet. While scrolling through Pinterest, I saw a crochet necklace, unable to find a pattern, I decided to just wing it.
I have used 15-16 different colours of Anchor Embroidery threads and a crochet hook of size 1.6mm to make this “Gem Drops Jewellery Set”. This is beginner level crochet. Anyone with basic knowledge of crochet, will be able to make this.
Thank you.

La Blouse Mignonne By Vimala Vignesh of @vimalavignesh

Hi! This is Vimala Vignesh and I have been crocheting for more than 25 years. I have always crocheted for others and have for long wanted to crochet a saree blouse for myself. Work with Anchor Crafts came at the right time to give this idea a go. I used Anchor knitting cotton art. 4057 in shade numbers 22 and 330. I used 400 gms totally shade 22 -300 gms and shade 330 about 100 gms. The size I made was large. This pattern , designed by my daughter, uses post stitches and is worked neck down, left shoulder first, then right and joined. Same is repeated for the back and then these the are joined to form the bodice. The sleeves are worked flat and then attached. This blouse is a pullover kind and it sits perfectly though I would suggest adding elastic at the base of the blouse to ensure a fitted look.
I am really happy the way the blouse came together and I am happy I got to make this using anchor knitting cotton. You can find me on Facebook/Instagram under the user name- vimalavignesh.

Red Sahdow Top By Meenakshi Tiwari of @crochetmantra

Hello I am Meenakshi and my Instagram handle is CrochetMantra.
I always wanted my first top to be my own pattern, my original design!! When I got this opportunity from Anchor I decided this is the time to design and make one for myself. I named my top Red Shadow and the reason behind that is obviously the colors I used and to also indicating that it’s about me coming out of the shadows. I came out of my fear of making wearable. I used Anchor 4057, Colors 47, 10, Hook size 3mm. I made mine in size medium. Pattern is more like intermediate level. I worked in rounds till the armhole then I divided it in 2 parts, front and back. After doing neck part and joining shoulders I added some frills to give some style there. I easily managed the back of neck in boat shape, but had a little difficulty with front V- neck. Finally after working on it several times, it came out really well,if I do say so myself. Drape is good but instead of using textured stitches it would have been better to use lighter or lacier stitch. Looking on the bright side it will make a perfect wearable should the weather turn a bit chilly.

The Blouse Hana by Hema Udayakumar of @yarnfables

The Blouse Hana
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Where Hana (flowers) bloom so does Hope and Happiness.
This is a unique, modern and beautiful crochet boat neck blouse with few pastels from the wide color ranges of Anchor knitting and crochet cotton yarns.
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Design Courtesy – @yarnfables

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Yarnoholic Series

All About Anchor Yarn – IYC gets Anchored

July 14, 2020 indiayarncircle

Anyone who wants to indulge in yarncrafts would go to a kangan store or shop next door and pick up Anchor yarns and this is the impression Anchor has left in our minds. While Anchor leaves us with these distinct memories, they have been a go to brand for many of our yarn crafts ranging from embroidery, crochet, knitting , tatting, string art and many more forms of yarn crafts.

In this blog post we are going into a little detail about the yarns from Anchor.

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YOU CAN ALSO WATCH OUR VIDEO EXPLAINING THE DIFFERENT ANCHOR YARNS

1. Anchor Stranded Cotton Skeins – Art4625

A spectrum that would compare a rainbow, Anchor stranded cotton skein is the most well-known premium hand embroidery thread all over the world. A superior 6-strand thread, made from the best Egyptian cotton is ideal for all forms of embroidery. Available in single and multicolor.

Ideal for – all types of hand embroidery – Free style & Counted thread embroidery

Key features –

Imported Egyptian cotton fiber
Long staple cotton – superior strength
Double Mercerized – Superior luster & strength
Extensive shade range

Packaging – 25, 8meter skeins to a box

2. Anchor Mercer Crochet Cotton – Art4054

Anchor Mercer Crochet cotton is available in two thicknesses – Ticket 20 & Ticket 40 (ticket 20 is thicker than ticket 40). Being mercerized, these threads are a little stiff and can be used very strikingly to give a lacy feel.

Ideal for – all types of Lace crafts like Crochet, Tatting, Knitting and Hairpin lace.

Key features –

Imported Egyptian cotton fiber
Long staple cotton – superior strength
Double Mercerized – Superior luster & strength

Packaging – 10, 20gram balls to a box

3. Anchor Mercer Pearl Cotton – Art4591

Anchor Mercer Pearl cotton, is a versatile soft thread with a pearly sheen on it. This gives your work an extra glossy effect.

Ideal for – all types of hand embroidery – Free style & Counted thread, and Lace crafts like Crochet & Knitting.

Key features –

Imported Egyptian cotton fiber
Long staple cotton – superior strength
Double Mercerized – Superior luster & strength

Packaging – 10, 10gram balls to a box

4. Anchor Mercer Knitting Cotton – Art4057

Anchor Mercer Knitting cotton, as the name implies is used for knitting, as well as Crochet and chunky Tatting. It is also used embroidery and soft toy making. Available in single and multicolor.

Ideal for – all types of Lace crafts like Knitting & Crochet. Also used for different kinds of hand embroidery – Free style & Counted thread

Key features –

Imported Egyptian cotton fiber
Long staple cotton – superior strength
Double Mercerized – Superior luster & strength

Packaging – 10, 50gram balls to a box

5. Anchor Mercer Knitting Cotton – Art4060

This is a versatile thread that is soft and lustrous. It is strong and flexible and used for Home furnishings apart from embroidery and lace crafts.

Ideal for – all types of Lace crafts like Knitting, Crochet & Macramé. Also used for different kinds of hand embroidery – Free style & Counted thread

Key features –

Imported Egyptian cotton fiber
Long staple cotton – superior strength
Double Mercerized – Superior luster & strength

Packaging – 4, 50gram balls to a box

WHERE TO BUY –

Instore –

Options are umpteen , look around any craft supply stores and you are most definite to be offered anchor yarns

Online –

Coats India : http://shop.coatscrafts.in/

Pradhan Embroidery Store

Pony Craft Store

Don’t forget to ask for shade cards to pick the right colors for your project !

We hope that we were able to help you with deciding the right Anchor Yarn for your projects. Leave us a comment or note if you like to know more about Anchor Yarns.

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IYC Rendezvous with Anchor

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 indiayarncircle

When objective of 2 entities match –the universe conspires to bring them together and here is a short story of IYC and Anchor Collaboration.

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Most of us crafters have grown up using Anchor yarns starting at some point in our lives either mom’s engaging us in our summer holidays with a stitch kit’ or getting us to do those lovely flower embroideries.

Let us acknowledge that Anchor is an household brand name, however one thing that we would like to highlight is Anchor’s mission to keep all forms of yarn craft alive and their commitment to disseminate the craft to the new generation which perfectly blends with India Yarn Circle’s mission to Nurture Passion for all Yarn Crafts and Crafters by building a strong community encouraging crafters at different level to pick up the craft.

Anchor and IYC collaborated to embark on this journey to explore and show the possibilities of designing wearables. We deliberated on numerous ideas and everything was a possibility the list was unending. While crochet or knitting is most often associated with winterwear we wanted to break the myth to create wearables for Indian context be it the weather conditions, or traditional wear, or styling it up for everyday fashion.

“Summer Fashion” theme fitted as an apt pick to kick start the series. We makers rolled up our sleeves to directly dwell into the creative zones to design, create our Anchor summer outfit. It was a tremendous journey for us to explore in detail the possibilities of utilizing Anchor cotton yarn for different types of makes scarf, hats, blouse for saree, tops , dress , jewelry etc. (details of the makes to follow) .

The video is a tribute to all the designers in the community for bringing the best in every make, enduring spirit of designing for self-satisfaction, continuing to be spirited about yarn crafts.

We thank Anchor for giving us an opportunity for the collaboration and more importantly the creative freedom to showcase our work. We are most certain that the collaboration is just a small beginning in our joint effort to keeping the craft alive.

Enjoy the Anchor x IYC 2020 Summer Fashion show and let us know what you think!!

Do share with us your anchor makes and do drop a comment on any questions you have on Anchor yarn and we will be happy to respond!

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ABOUT US – IndiaYarnCircle.

July 3, 2020July 10, 2020 indiayarncircle

India Yarn Circle is a voluntary group of makers, who have come together to create a community of people for yarn crafts. Our vision is to build a community of makers who interact, share, learn and evolve. Our ambition is to keep the craft alive, encourage people to take up all yarn crafts with ease.

Our Mission

Nuture Passion for all Yarn Crafts and Crafters !

Objective of India Yarn Circle

India Yarn Circle, has a vision to bring all makers from different facets of life closer building a strong community which laughs, cries, parties and cheers for each other. A place where makers support one another, interact, share experiences , learn and evolve. Creating this open bond and passion for yarn crafts is what builds valuable relationship and gives us a deeper sense of belonging.

Join the tribe

Create, Share , Connect and Love

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The IYC Team

We are a team of 12, with experience in various yarn crafts and varied skills. We are a power packed team with different professional backgrounds, however the passion for yarn crafts bind us together. You can check out their instagram profiles in the links below.