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Featured Designer

Rosy Bakshi- M&H Crochet Creations

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An IYC community promotion series.

Hello everyone!! Continuing with our Featured Designer series, we have a very talented designer to showcase today!

For everyone new here…All along the month of August, India yarn circle is giving an opportunity to knit and crochet designers to feature a design on our blog.

Each week we are going to promote an Indian Designer and one of their famous patterns with all the details about their journey and love for crafts, to the detail of the design and thought process.

Today we are featuring Rosiland Bakshi of M&H Crochet Creations

A quick Intro about Rosy –
Hi everyone this is Rosalind Bakshi, also known as Rosy.

I enjoy crafting. Quilling, embroidery , paper craft etc. you name it , I have tried my hands at it.

I have only recently learnt knitting and crochet by watching YouTube videos.

The support and encouragement given by my family made me turn into an entrepreneur. I started my small business M&H Crochet Creations, named after my kids, Mayank and Hina.

I am enamored by the colours I see around me. Whenever I see colour work in crochet, I am eager to start one myself.

I was fascinated by the Mochila bags I saw on the internet and have always wanted to make them. Marion Verloop’s tutorials helped me a lot that I finally became comfortable to design my very own coin purse.

I am happy to be presenting this pattern for the India Yarn Circle community. I am nowhere near being an expert but I should like to share my knowledge with you all!

You can find Rosy on instagram at @mnhcrochetcreation

Rosy is showcasing her design the Mochila coin Purse with us today.

Mochila Coin purse

get the mochila coin purse here

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Featured Designer

Nidhi Khatri- GetCrafty designs

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An IYC community promotion series.

Hello everyone!! Continuing with our Featured Designer series, we have a new designer to showcase today!

For everyone new here…All along the month of August, India yarn circle is giving an opportunity to knit and crochet designers to feature a design on our blog.

Each week we are going to promote an Indian Designer and one of their famous patterns with all the details about their journey and love for crafts, to the detail of the design and thought process.

Today we are featuring Nidhi Khatri of Getcrafty Designs

A quick Intro about Nidhi –
Nidhi has been crocheting for more than 5 years now and entered into crochet designing in 2023.
She is an IT Consultant by profession and enjoys Crocheting in her free time. She loves traveling and visit beautiful destinations.

You can find Nidhi on instagram at @get__crafty

Nidhi is showcasing her gorgeous pattern today – The “Flabellate Skirt” and the “Ixora Top”. She has been very generous to offer it our community for a discount.

Scroll below to get the coupon code.

Flabellate Skirt

PATTERN DETAILS

Flabellate means Fan. The bottom of the skirt fans out and give a superb unique flare to the skirt.
This is my first garment design. It has a unique vertical construction.
Simple repeatative pattern will keep you glued and you would want to finish the skirt asap.
Because it’s made to measure, you can choose any length and fit as per your like!

Ixora Top

PATTERN DETAILS

Ixora top is a feminine made to measure top.
The dainty flower details in the body and sleeves give the top very pretty look.
It’s a simple meditative repeat pattern and works up very quickly.
It’s made in panels which are then joined together and sleeves and edging is added at the end.

Nidhi is offering a 10% discount on the pattern.
USE COUPON CODE: FIRSTBLOGSALE to avail the discount on ravelry.

get flabellate skirt pattern here
get the Ixora top pattern here

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Featured Designer

Savita Khurana- Saviknits designs

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An IYC community promotion series.

Hello everyone!! Continuing with our Featured Designer series, we have a new designer to showcase today!

For everyone new here…All along the month of August, India yarn circle is giving an opportunity to knit and crochet designers to feature a design on our blog.

Each week we are going to promote an Indian Designer and one of their famous patterns with all the details about their journey and love for crafts, to the detail of the design and thought process.

Today we are featuring Savita of Saviknits designs

A quick Intro from her –
Hey ! I am Savita, knitwear designer, passionate for lace knitting, it gives me immense gladness and tranquility. I was acquainted with knitting from childhood but before a few years I delved deep in this craft with dedication, I used to sleep after 3-4 am only after getting satisfactory result in my projects, after that no looking back. I will not leave no stone unturned to get recognized as a skillfull knitwear designer. I have other hobbies as tatting, embroidery and landscape painting. I am a nature lover too.

I love laceknitting and want to make it stress-free and pleasant. I write knitting patterns with clear and easy to follow instructions so that even a beginner level may knit a project with feeling of contentment. Often I post tutorials for knitting techniques, tips and tricks which might be very useful.

You can find Savita on instagram at @saviknits19

Savita is showcasing two of her patterns today – The ” First Spring Hue Shawl ” is a one skein wonder. It’s a free Ravelry download.

Second pattern is “Be My Sunshine Scarf “.

First spring hue shawl

Be My Sunshine Scarf

PATTERN DETAILS

“First Spring Hue Shawl “is inspired by early spring,which signifies optimism and creativity. Daffodils,Marigold,Yellow Tulips and Calandula are the most prominent flowers blooming in this season. Their yellow hue uplifts our souls with energy,enthusiasm,brings cheerfulness into our hearts.

Construction:

It is a crescent shaped top down shawl, starts with garter tab co.This is airy,classy ,elegant and easy to knit with only one skein of yarn. First Spring Hue Shawl is a pleasure to work on a relaxing garter st. followed by lace sections,which creates a rhythm.Beaded Picot Bind Off is enhancing it’s beauty.Beads are optional.

Skill level- Intermediate

Size- Wingspan 50” and 15” deep,after blocking.

Yarn
The sample shawl is knitted with only 1 skein of yarn,100gm./273.4 yards,in two tonal DK weight viscose yarn. But it will look beautiful in solid colour and in lace ,fingering weight yarns too.
Needles,gauge and beads will vary with yarn weight.

Circular knitting needles-
4mm for Garter section
4.5 mm for Lace section
This project is knitted flat but circular needles are suggested to accommodate the increasing number of sts.

Crochet hook-0.75 mm for placing beads.
Size 6 Miyuki seed beads -64 beads.

Full written instructions with st. count for every section.
Step by step instructions for Garter Tab Co and Beaded Picot Bo.

Photo tutorial is also included for Garter Tab co and Picot bo with beads too so that it might be an easy,relaxing and enjoyable project.

Wet Blocking instructions are also included.

GET THE FREE PATTERN HERE

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Featured Designer

Vimala – Vimalavignesh Designs

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An IYC community promotion series.

Hello everyone!! Continuing with our Featured Designer series, we have a new designer to showcase today!

For everyone new here…All along the month of August, India yarn circle is giving an opportunity to knit and crochet designers to feature a design on our blog.

Each week we are going to promote an Indian Designer and one of their famous patterns with all the details about their journey and love for crafts, to the detail of the design and thought process.

Today we are showcasing the talented Vimala of Vimalavignesh Designs

A quick Intro from her –
SAHM addicted to crochet but have bought the whole set of knitting needles (including dpns!!) and tatting shuttles just in case I feel up to it some day. I also dabble in Xstitch , plastic canvas and embroidery. Have been designing since 2014 and loving everybit of it. Haven’t ventured into designing werables yet but am looking forward to getting into that as well! I have recently attended a couple of workshops on weaving and next on the list is spinning!

You can find Vimala on instagram at @vimalavignesh

You can also read all about her journey and designs on her blog HERE

Vimala has quiet a few hat, scarf and mandala patterns and the one she is featuring today is the Fire Dance Mandala. The pattern is available on her blog and the ad Free PDF can be found on her Ravelry page.

PATTERN DETAILS

Materials:

Yarn : Laura knitting cotton( or any 4-ply cotton)

– Color A yellow : 1 ball

– Color B maroon : 1 ball

Hook : 5.0 mm

Gauge: rounds 1 -2 = 3” square

Finished size: 17” from picot to picots:

Difficulty: Easy

GET THE FREE PATTERN HERE

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Featured Designer

Olena – Hill Yarns designs

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An IYC community promotion series.

Hello everyone!! Continuing with our Featured Designer series, we have a new designer to showcase today!

For everyone new here…All along the month of August, India yarn circle is giving an opportunity to knit and crochet designers to feature a design on our blog.

Each week we are going to promote an Indian Designer and one of their famous patterns with all the details about their journey and love for crafts, to the detail of the design and thought process.

Today we are featuring Olena of Hill Yarns

A quick Intro from her –
I’m Olena, a knitter who loves exploring new techniques and helping others learn. I started Hill Yarns, a small business that supports village women through knitting. Lately, I’ve begun writing my own patterns, and it brings me so much joy. I’m excited to share my designs and tips with you as I continue this journey in the knitting world.

You can find Olena on instagram at @hillyarns

You can also read all about her journey and designs on her blog HERE

Olena is showcasing her design – Berryway Tee Kids pattern.

PATTERN DETAILS

This pattern is designed for advanced beginners and intermediate knitters, featuring exciting techniques like short rows, simple lace, and cable knitting. Worked seamlessly from the bottom up with circular needles, it’s a rewarding journey from start to finish.
Capture the essence of the season and get inspired to knit your way to summer perfection.

Detailed written instructions along with Chart and links to the supporting videos

Level of Difficulty: advanced beginner/intermediate

Sizes Available: 2 to 12 yo

Original Yarn Recommendation:

Cool Knit Vardhman yarns – 100g/208 m – light DK
Amount for top: 2 (2, 2, 3, 3, 3) skeins of 100 g
Total in m: 312 (420, 470, 520, 624, 728) m
Total in yds: 341 (459, 514, 569, 683, 796) yds

Alternative Yarn Options:

Any other yarn to meet the gauge.

Gauge: 22 stitches/ 28 rows in 10cm/4in

Knitting needles: 3.5 mm and 4 mm circular knitting needles

Construction: The piece is worked in the round with circular needle, bottom up to the armholes. Then the front and back finished flat. The shoulder seams are joined. The sleeves are worked in round with the sleeves cap worked in flat. Neckline is worked in the round.

Olena has been generous to give a 15% discount to our community on her pattern.

USE CODE : INDIAYARNCIRCLE TO AVAIL 15% DISCOUNT ON THE PATTERN TILL 15TH AUGUST ONLY.

GET THE PATTERN HERE

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Featured Designer

Komal – Mia Designs

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An IYC community promotion series.

Hello everyone!! Continuing with our Featured Designer series, we have a new designer to showcase today!

For everyone new here…All along the month of August, India yarn circle is giving an opportunity to knit and crochet designers to feature a design on our blog.

Each week we are going to promote an Indian Designer and one of their famous patterns with all the details about their journey and love for crafts, to the detail of the design and thought process.

Today we are featuring Komal of Mia Designs

A quick Intro from her –
I am Komal. Just like you I am a creative head too. When I am not busy reading fiction I am mostly hooked on crochet. It’s been a very fulfilling journey since the day I discovered what magic a hook and some yarn can create. Visit my blog to get your hands on so many free as well as paid crochet patterns.

You can find Komal on instagram at @miadesignsbykomal

You can also read all about her journey and designs on her blog HERE

Komal is sharing her begginer top today with us. Its a simple crochet top which is mostly a square shape with square neck and crochet edge.

PATTERN DETAILS

Gauge information- Size Small

Difficulty level – Beginner

The pattern is written using US crochet stitch terminology. Here hook size 4 mm (US G/6 or UK 8) is used. The tension is 16 double crochet x 8 rows = 10 cm/4” in width and 10 cm/4” height.

The hook size is only a guide. Change to a larger/ smaller hook size, if there are too many/ few stitches in 4″ or 10cm gauge.

To make this top you will need following material

  • Cotton DK weight yarn – Laura knitting cotton- colour light grey (M) 350g ,dark purple (S1) – 150g, light purple (S2) – 50g
  • Hook- 4mm
  • Scissors
  • Markers to mark important stitches
  • Yarn needle to weave in the ends
  • Measuring tape

Finished measurements:

Chest measures 92 cm or 36” and full length 56 cm or 22”.

The garment will tend to measure more when held up, hence measure the final length of the piece while holding it up.

Short overview:

Front and back pieces are worked back and forth separately, bottom up. Then right shoulder and left shoulder are worked. The garment is sewn together after both sides are done. Lastly bobble edging is done on the sleeves and simple single crochet edging is done on the nech and bottom.

GET THE FREE PATTERN HERE

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Community Activity, IYC

Envie-a-Hexie Doily CAL – Registration

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Hello Everyone!! Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!!!
Hoping you guys are staying safe in this pandemic and maintaining Covid Precautions!!

We hope you all enjoyed making our last CAL and participating for the IYC Christmas Charity beanie event!

We are back with a brand new CAL and this one is absolutely stunning!!!

Designed by our very own Vimala Vignesh of @vimalavignesh especially only for this CAL, the Envie-a-Hexie Doily is simple yet striking and perfect for homedecor, dreamcatchers, etc. It will for sure make you fall in love with Mandalas and add to your crochet skill set!

PRESENTING….

The Envie-a-Hexie Doily

The name “Envie” is a French noun meaning “desire”. We are sure you will desire to make this project too!!

The IndiaYarnCircle team and Vimala will guide and help you every step of the way to make this gorgeous design.

So dont worry! We got you!

Let’s Dive in and see how you can participate in this CAL:

The CAL will be running for 3 – 4 weeks and each week part of the pattern will be published here on our blog. The first week is for registration and gathering of the materials and next week onwards we will begin making the Doily.

You need to register for the CAL (scroll all the way below to the register here button) .

Join our facebook group for all the CAL discussions and queries. (Scroll down to find the link)

Follow us on instagram and blog for regular updates and future events.

MATERIALS

Materials used Baroque thread size 20 and 1.1mm hook.

The doily can be made with AKC 4057 or redrose knitting cotton and 2 mm hook. However this will make it bigger. 

* Stitch marker
* A pair of scissors
* darning needle

Yarn Substitutions

These are the threads/ yarns that one can use .
1: Baroque / size 20 thread – 100 gms( won’t use full) – 1.1mm hook
2: Anchor knitting cotton 4057 – 150gms – 2 mm hook
3: Hobby India crochet thread 200 gms ( won’t use much from the second ball) – 2.5 mm hook
4: Gulera 3ply 200 gms – 3 mm hook
5: kotton 4ply 200 gms 2.5 mm hook

Hook
1.1mm or 1.5mm crochet hook (the sample is made with 1.1mm hook)

You can choose any colour combinations you like and build you own colour pallete for the doily.

Measurements

The doily measures 15″ across and is  hexagon shaped.

Level

Beginner/Intermediate

Now that all the basics are covered lets set you up for the CAL.

REGISTRATION HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THIS CAL.

join our facebook group here
follow us on instagram
follow our blog
follow our designer to see her works

We hope you join us in making this CAL a huge sucess and make this beautiful doily that Vimala has created just for you!!

Use hashtags #envieahexiecal #indiayarncircle #enviecal #IYCcal #iycdoilycal #iycdoilycal2022

Please feel free to comment below your queries or post a question on our facebook group or DM us on instagram.

Community Activity, IYC

Sunburst Diamond Mochila Bag CAL – Week 2

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Happy Monday Everyone!!!

Its Monday and start to a brand new week, which means only one thing –

IT’S WEEK 2 of the Sunburst Diamond Mochila Bag CAL!!!!

We have been seeing your progress pictures of Week 1 and we are blown away!! You all are doing amazingly well!!

Incase you havent caught up yet, here is a little help for a quick recap.

Find all info about the cal and registration HERE

Find WEEK 1 instructions HERE

So lets get on with Week 2!!

This week we will be starting with the body of the bag and as usual our guest designer Ashita has included written instructions with a video tutorial and graph!

Side of the Bag

We don’t have to make any more increases for the side of the bag. Our work will go up when we stop increasing. Every 10 or 15 stitches we push our work to 90 degree angle and pull the carrying yarns one by one and massage the stitches in the direction of the hook.

Transition from base to side

In this Video we will see how to start the side:

Graph

We will repeat this graph 6 times.
Button holes starts at round 33.

Written Instructions

Round – 1 to 18

Round-1.    *30A*   {6x}
Round-2.    *30C*   {6x}
Round-3.    *3D, 7B, 3D, 7B, 3D, 7B*   {6x}
Round-4.    *30C*   {6x}
Round-5.    *30A*   {6x}
Round-6.    *30C*   {6x}
Round-7.    *30C*   {6x}
Round-8.    *14A, 1B, 15A*   {6x}
Round-9.    *14A, 1B, 15A*   {6x}
Round-10.  *13A, 3B, 14A*   {6x}
Round-11.  *12A, 2B, 1C, 2B, 13A*   {6x}
Round-12.  *11A, 2B, 3C, 2B, 12A*   {6x}
Round-13.  *10A, 2B, 2C, 1D, 2C, 2B, 11A*   {6x}
Round-14.  *9A, 2B, 2C, 3D, 2C, 2B, 10A*   {6x}
Round-15.  *8A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 1E, 2D, 2C, 2B, 9A*   {6x}
Round-16.  *7A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 3E, 2D, 2C, 2B, 8A*   {6x}
Round-17.  *6A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 5E, 2D, 2C, 2B, 7A*   {6x}
Round-18.  *5A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 7E, 2D, 2C, 2B, 6A*   {6x}

Thats it for Week 2! You can always get in touch with us by leaving a comment below or dm us on instagram @indiayarn.circle or join us on our facebook group where all the action happens!!

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We would love to see your makes!! So dont forget to tag us @indiayarn.circle and our designer @handmadeby_ashita on instagram and facebook and use hashtags #sunburstdiamondcal #indiayarncircle #sunburstdiamondmochilacal #IYCcal

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!

Community Activity, IYC

Winter KAL – Week 3 – Cable headband

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It’s week 3 of the Winter KAL 2020 and we have our next knitting technique which is Cable knitting.

Cable knitting is a style of knitting in which textures of crossing layers are achieved by permuting stitches.

This headband has a simple 8 row repeat which is perfect to understand how a cable pattern is developed.

For this particular project you need DK or worsted weight yarn, 4 or 5 mm knitting needles, a cable needle or any substitute (thin rod, pencil, toothpick or any needle sized object).

Key:

C6F – Knit 3 stitches on to a cable needle and hold at front of work, Knit 3 then Knit 3 from cable needle
C6B – Knit 3 stitches onto cable neddle and hold at back of work, knit 3 then knit 3 from cable needle

Pattern:

Cast on 15 stitches
Row 1 : Knit
Row 2,4,6,8 : K3, P9, K3
Row 3 : K3, C6F, K3, K3
Row 5 : Knit
Row 7 : K3, K3, C6B, K3

Continue this pattern till piece is about 18 inches long.

You can check out the YouTube tutorial to learn how the cable stitches are made.

Happy knitting!

Community Activity, IYC

Winter KAL – Week 1 – Part 2 – Seed Stitch Twist

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Hope you are enjoying making the Seed stitch twist headband. This second part of the tutorial will teach you the finishing of the band and incorporating a twist.
Please share your photos on Facebook and Instagram and you can DM us for queries.
Happy knitting!