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Top 6 Tips to Make You a Better Knitter
Top 6 Tips to Make You a Better Knitter
No matter where you are on your knitting journey, there is always room for improvement. As knitting experts ourselves, we often hear so many things on a day to day... Read more...
Know Your Wool: Lambswool & Merino wool
Know Your Wool: Lambswool & Merino wool
between the two. And more often than not, you can see garments/yarns listed as 25% lambswool, 45% merino or so. Universally, the only difference between wools is measured in microns.... Read more...
5 Amazing Benefits of Pursuing Knitting as a Hobby
5 Amazing Benefits of Pursuing Knitting as a Hobby
Learning how to knit is not just an activity to simply pass your time or a daily compulsion that you need to meet at the end of the day. In... Read more...
DK (Double Knit) Weight Yarn
DK (Double Knit) Weight Yarn
With so many terminologies surrounding yarns, knitting and crocheting, the world of yarns and needles is a mystifying world of its own. Only those who have perfected their skill are... Read more...
Vardhman Cotone Hand Knitting Yarn
Vardhman Cotone Hand Knitting Yarn
When looking for yarns, it is important to find one that generally works well for a wide range of projects. Whether you like to knit garments, home décor items, toys,... Read more...
Is Knitting Cost effective than Buying?
Is Knitting Cost effective than Buying?
As a novice knitter, it is valid to weigh your financial options well in advance. Since it is highly likely that you will pursue knitting for a prolonged period of... Read more...
How to Choose the Best Cotton Yarn
How to Choose the Best Cotton Yarn
After you learn about different types of yarn, the next step depends on how you choose your yarns. Afterall, you only want the best for all those intricate projects of... Read more...
How is Yarn Made?
How is Yarn Made?
As with the curiosity of the human mind, it is only sane to question everything that we come across. Today, let’s talk about wool and how it's made. The first... Read more...
How to Choose the Right Crochet Hook?
How to Choose the Right Crochet Hook?
For many, crocheting is the ultimate tool for relaxation. With the perfect set of tools, it becomes more so. As you get more involved into the craft, one naturally wants... Read more...
Vardhman Blanket Yarn
Vardhman Blanket Yarn
Winter is just around the corner. If we are correct, you are probably more excited than us. If you are planning on knitting the most amazing blanket to cozy up... Read more...
Big Boss Knitting Yarn
Big Boss Knitting Yarn
One of the secrets behind creating a good project is the choice of your yarn. It determines the crisp outlook and the feeling of your knitted garment. It also determines the... Read more...
Are yarn and wool the same thing?
Are yarn and wool the same thing?
If you are an avid knitter, you must have come across the terms yarn and wool often. What do those terms actually signify, and how do they differ? Yarn is... Read more...
Cool Summer Top (FREE CROCHET PATTERN)
Cool Summer Top (FREE CROCHET PATTERN)
If you thought that summer was not for yarn, think again! While the sun is high and winds heavy, we have been curating a list of cool summer patterns that you... Read more...
Ultimate Guide To Counting Rows While Knitting
Ultimate Guide To Counting Rows While Knitting
Counting stitches and rows is a common requirement in knitting patterns. This is particularly handy for checking your tension, but it may also be used for a variety of other... Read more...
Where Do We Get Yarn From? What It’s Made From and More
Where Do We Get Yarn From? What It’s Made From and More
In hindsight, yarn is defined as "a continuous string of twisted threads of natural or synthetic fibres, such as wool or nylon, used in weaving or knitting" by the English... Read more...
What Is the Most Expensive Type of Wool?
What Is the Most Expensive Type of Wool?
Wearing a wool sweater or scarf can be really appealing. It's natural, soft, and warming. The price of wool can vary greatly depending on the process used to create it.... Read more...
What Is Acrylic Yarn?
What Is Acrylic Yarn?
Acrylic yarn is made from man-made or synthetic fibres. It is made entirely of acrylic fibre, which means it contains no natural animal hair or cotton. Acrylic, like other yarns,... Read more...
Are Wooden Knitting Needles Better Than Metal?
Are Wooden Knitting Needles Better Than Metal?
Knitting Needles are available in a number of sizes, materials, and styles, allowing knitters to create a variety of stitch sizes and knitted items. Knitting needles are normally made of wood,... Read more...
Is Acrylic Yarn Good for Beginners?
Is Acrylic Yarn Good for Beginners?
While it's difficult enough to learn to crochet, let’s not complicate things by picking the wrong yarn. But, with so many lovely yarns to choose from, how do you decide... Read more...
Ten Best Hand Exercises for Knitting and Crocheting
Ten Best Hand Exercises for Knitting and Crocheting
Cool! You are sitting with your favourite yarn, patterns, designs, needles, your favourite beverage and suddenly, from the joints of your hands creeps a sharp stinging pain leaving you disheartened... Read more...
Guide for Reading a Yarn Label
Guide for Reading a Yarn Label
Yarn labels carry a load of information when it comes to the likes of knitters/crocheters. Especially if you are shopping for yarn for the first time, you can be sure... Read more...
Vardhman Wool Warm Knitting Yarn
Vardhman Wool Warm Knitting Yarn
Finally, the winter holidays are just around the corner. It is sure to bring some warm memories with friends and family. It is a time to curl up in your... Read more...
Everything You Need to Know About Nylon Blended Yarn
Everything You Need to Know About Nylon Blended Yarn
Depending on the type of clothing and the project, using different types of yarn in your project can turn out to be a perfect shot or sometimes even a disaster.... Read more...
Everything You Need to Know About Knitting Needle Sizes
Everything You Need to Know About Knitting Needle Sizes
Every project that you lay your hands on requires a specific sized gauge and knitting needle size. For beginners, all this information can be especially annoying. What size to choose? What type... Read more...
Easy Dreamcatcher Crochet Pattern
Easy Dreamcatcher Crochet Pattern
Are you looking for a quick crochet pattern that can remind you of spring? You’re at the right place. Today, we bring you the easiest dreamcatcher pattern that can be... Read more...
Olympic Athletes Who Knit to Cope with Stress
Olympic Athletes Who Knit to Cope with Stress
The Tokyo summer Olympics just ended with great pomp and parlor. After winning several medals for the country, our Olympians returned home with great pride on their backs. While all... Read more...
What Are the Warmest Yarns for Winter Knitting
What Are the Warmest Yarns for Winter Knitting
Winter is just around the corner. It is that time of the year when its all about bundling up in jackets, sweats, scarves, blankets and warm clothing of all kinds.... Read more...
What is Fingering Weight Yarn?
What is Fingering Weight Yarn?
Fingering weight yarn is the one of the most common types of yarn used for knitting and crocheting a variety of projects. The term ‘fingering’ refers to its weight. The... Read more...
Easy Knitting Stitch Patterns for Beginners
Easy Knitting Stitch Patterns for Beginners
Knowing how to knit these five stitch patterns is essential for all knitters, from beginners to experts. Mastering these stitches will allow you to experiment with different knitting patterns and add texture... Read more...
Buy Yarn Online in India at Best Prices
Buy Yarn Online in India at Best Prices
Are you a knitter? Are you looking for a place to purchase all your knitting specialties from? Vardhman Knit World has a huge collection of yarns that you are going... Read more...
What are the different types of crochet yarn?
What are the different types of crochet yarn?
With the right amount of yarn, weight, color, fibers and experience, crocheting can be your absolute favorite exercise in the world. It is impossible not to get addicted to such... Read more...
What are the highest quality yarns
What are the highest quality yarns
When you’re planning on the ‘no compromise’ knitting/crocheting project, you only want to choose the highest quality yarn. While we generally prefer ordinary, over the counter yarns for our daily... Read more...
How Knitting Has Helped People Cope with The Pandemic
How Knitting Has Helped People Cope with The Pandemic
As the current pandemic still hold us captive, we all have a number of battles to fight, both personal and communal. With positive cases, lockdowns, vaccinations and everything else going... Read more...
What Is the Best Yarn for Summer Knitting?
What Is the Best Yarn for Summer Knitting?
With the pandemic still soaring borders, leisurely vacations are far from happening. All your vacation plans are bound to be one of those Goa plans with your friends that never... Read more...
Hook n Loop Crochet Yarn
Hook n Loop Crochet Yarn
As you immerse yourself into the world of crocheting, there are often several kinds of yarn you get acquainted to. Sometimes, it is just too difficult to choose a yarn... Read more...
Things to Consider When Shopping for Yarn
Things to Consider When Shopping for Yarn
Knitting or crocheting is complicated as it is. There are several difficult terminologies that one might need to apply attention to. There are balls, skeins, knitting pins and most importantly... Read more...
What Is the Difference Between Cotton Yarn and Acrylic Yarn?
What Is the Difference Between Cotton Yarn and Acrylic Yarn?
If you have been knitting or crocheting for a long time, you probably know the difference between cotton yarn and acrylic yarn to the core. But it is always fascinating... Read more...
Where can I buy crochet yarn online?
Where can I buy crochet yarn online?
When you start crocheting, you may not know where to start. Simple questions like “Where do I start?”, “Where do I buy yarn”, “Where do I buy other supplies from”... Read more...
Best cotton yarn for knitting
Best cotton yarn for knitting
The most popular yarn in the world is probably cotton. It is the go-to yarn for any knitter. With the summers slowly kicking in, you might want to knit with cotton yarn.... Read more...
10 Things About Cotton Yarn That You Didn’t Know
10 Things About Cotton Yarn That You Didn’t Know
The most common type of clothing material we see around us is cotton. If not pure cotton, we find cotton blended fabrics all around us on a daily basis. It... Read more...
Cashmere Wool/Yarn for Knitting
Cashmere Wool/Yarn for Knitting
In the world of fabrics and yarn, cashmere is synonymous with luxury. It is a unique fiber with a soft texture that is unlike nothing in the world. It is literally... Read more...
Tips for Knitting in Summer
Tips for Knitting in Summer
Being compulsive knitters, we need to be around yarn and needles every time of the year. The hobby is not just about creating utilitarian garments to actually use but a... Read more...
How to Choose the Best Yarn?
How to Choose the Best Yarn?
As we discussed before, different types of yarn have different characteristics that make a yarn suitable for your requirement. Based on its type, texture, thickness, general feel, etc. a yarn... Read more...
Advantages of Knitting with Acrylic Yarn
Advantages of Knitting with Acrylic Yarn
Like every other word you’ve read before in the dictionary of knitting, there always comes another which needs to be understood in depth. Today, we are here to learn about acrylic... Read more...
What is Worsted Weight Yarn?
What is Worsted Weight Yarn?
Chances are that you were head over heels in the quest to understand the terms ‘worsted’, or sometimes ‘double/heavy worsted yarn’. Many a times we at Vardhman are asked the... Read more...
What are the advantages of knitting?
What are the advantages of knitting?
Knitting is one of those sleeper activities which most often seems like an utter waste of time. It sounds like an activity for couch potatoes or those individuals who cannot possibly... Read more...
What Is the Best Yarn for Crocheting?
What Is the Best Yarn for Crocheting?
Once you’re immersed into the word of crocheting, there is no turning back. You want to learn more about the craft and how you can better your skill. There a... Read more...
Is Knitting A Stress Reliever?
Is Knitting A Stress Reliever?
With the amount of stress increasing in our day to day life, it is only pertinent that we discuss about stress relieving activities to counter the ill effects of stress.... Read more...
Best Yarns for Amigurumi by Vardhman
Best Yarns for Amigurumi by Vardhman
The captivating art of amigurumi captures the heart and soul of everyone with its attractive designs, cute shapes and refreshing colors. In amigurumi, there is no limit on your creativity.... Read more...
Christmas Crochet and Knitting Patterns
Christmas Crochet and Knitting Patterns
Christmas is around the corner. What better way to celebrate it than to cast on with your favorite activity? If you’re unsure about what to knit or crochet this winter,... Read more...