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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

indiayarncircle

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

indiayarncircle

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

Olena – Hill Yarns designs

indiayarncircle

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

Kavitha Raman – Craftdoodling designs

indiayarncircle

An IYC community promotion series.

Hello Everyone and welcome back to the IYC blog!!
After a very successful mysterious MAL, we are here with out next series with some lovely featured designers from our amazing community of crafts.

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.

This week we kick off this series with a lovely designer and artist – Kavitha Raman.

Kavitha and her family moved to Northern California from India in 2015. She had just then decided to become a SAHM. She had worked as a Wireless Communications Engineer before that and knitting and crochet were her hobbies. While raising her two kids in a new place, she found that designing was a good way to intersect her fiber hobbies and math skills. She started self-publishing around 2016 as CraftDoodling Designs and contiues to explore fibers and techniques in her work. She loves reading, sketching and long walks.

You can find her on instagram at @craftdoodling

She also shares her thoughts and process in the world of crafts on her substack page HERE.

Today we are going showcase Kavitha’s gorgeous design Nasha 2.0.

Nasha 2.0 is a kite-shaped fingering weight shawl that captures the sweet vibrations and a sense of renewal that is associated with spring. The sideways construction in bias lets the little flower lace motifs fall about gracefully when the shawl is draped.

PATTERN FEATURES

– Nasha 2.0 is designed to use 2 skeins of fingering weight yarn.
– The body of the shawl is worked in garter, mesh, and flower lace stripe stitch patterns.
– The pattern incorporates 2-stitch i-cord edging and an i-cord bind-off.
– A row tracker (tracks WS rows only) is provided as a separate pdf.
– Written as well as charted instructions are provided for the
flower lace pattern.

CONSTRUCTION

The construction begins at one tip with just a few cast-on stitches and is increased on both sides of a center spine until the depth of the shawl is reached. After this, the fabric is continued in bias, by increasing on one side of the spine and decreasing on the other, resulting in a kite shape.

PROJECT DETAILS
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Length (along the longest edge): 69” / 173 cm.
Depth : 23”/ 58 cm.

YARN USED IN SAMPLE
2 skeins of Madelinetosh Tosh Sock Fingering, 100% Superwash Merino Wool.
395 yards / 361 m per 100g / 3.5 oz in Weighted Blanket colorway.

YARN REQUIREMENTS
786 yards / 719 m of fingering weight yarn.

NEEDLES USED
4 mm / US 6 circular needles, minimum length 24”/ 60 cm.

GAUGE
20 sts and 46 rows = 4”/ 10 cm in garter stitch, blocked.

NOTIONS
1 locking stitch marker, tapestry needle.
Optional: 1 (additional) locking stitch marker.

TECHNIQUES USED
Garter, eyelets, yarn over, double yarn over, k2tog, k3tog, ssk, sk2p (Marker movement for Sk2p), I-cord edging, I-cord bindoff.

get the nasha pattern here

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