Price :
QTY :
CART TOTALS :
There are items
in your cart
CART TOTALS :
With this products also buy:
Your shopping bag is empty
Go to the shop
Genda marks every Indian threshold. These crochet marigolds carry that same festive warmth, worked stitch by stitch in yarn with layered orange petals built up in tight rounds to mimic the dense ruffle of a real marigold head, made by the women of the Crochet Boutique cluster. They never wilt. Cluster them in a pooja corner, thread them into a Diwali toran, or keep them in a year-round table arrangement as a living-craft alternative to cut flowers that returns each festival season.
NA NA
Each piece is handcrafted, so slight variations in colour, texture and dimension are natural and celebrate its handmade origin.
Marigolds belong at the threshold. Cluster these crochet blooms in a low brass bowl by the entrance, or thread a few onto a cotton cord for a doorway toran that greets guests during Diwali and Navratri. They sit naturally in a pooja corner beside a diya, holding their colour long after fresh genda would have browned.
For everyday styling, a handful in a short ceramic vase brings warmth to a console or study desk. The orange reads beautifully against white walls, teak, and terracotta. Mix them with crochet leaves or paler blooms from the same cluster for a fuller arrangement.
Because they never drop petals or need water, they suit spots where fresh flowers are impractical: a bookshelf, a guest bathroom, an office desk. Keep them out of long direct sun to protect the yarn colour, and they will return festival after festival.
Each marigold begins at its centre. The artisan works a tight ring of yarn, then builds outward in rounds, increasing stitches so the petals crowd and overlap the way a real genda head does. The density is deliberate. A loose round would read as a daisy, so the maker packs the stitches to recreate the marigold's signature ruffle.
The orange is chosen to echo the festival bloom, the colour Indian homes turn to for auspicious occasions. Once the rounds are complete, the petals are shaped and the flower is finished off and secured at the back. A single bloom takes a skilled hand a good while to complete, one stitch at a time.
The work comes from the women of the Crochet Boutique cluster, for whom crochet is flexible, fair-paid work done from home. For exact yarn composition, see the product specifications.
Be the first to review this product.
Crochet craft is a colonial-introduced hand-looped yarn tradition creating lace, garments, toys, accessories, and home décor that blends Western patterns with Indian motifs.
