Qatar-based Indian women aim to win a second world record

The group of 60 Qatar-based Indian women are now part of a project aiming to create a Guinness World Record for the longest crochet scarf.  

After breaking the record for making the largest crochet blanket, Qatar chapter of Mother India’s Crochet Queen (MICQ) are now set for a newer challenge.

MICQ members from world over are working hard to achieve this challenge. Each member should contribute a minimum of five scarves measuring 7x80 inches with some even making up to 50 scarves.

In the last two months, a total of 150 scarves have been joined and sent from Qatar to Chennai, India. The scarves once prepared are carried to India by members who are visiting the country on a vacation. “As and when we have few kilograms of scarves ready we send them and till now we have sent 150 scarves,” said a member.

MICQ Qatar chapter, led by Vaishnavi Kuppuswamy, aims to send about 300 scarves in all. Scarves received from world over will be joined to form one large one in Chennai.   

The Guinness officials will be inspecting the scarf in May 2017. Interested crochet geeks can still join to be part of this record making attempt before March 31.

“We have members as young as 10-year-olds and for these younger children the target is set at minimum of two scarves,” added the member.

Ganga Acrowools – India is sponsoring the yarn for this Guinness attempt and they had done it last time too.

MICQ is a social media-based group of crochet enthusiasts, started by Chennai-based Subashri Natarajan. The initiative involves more than 1,800 women between the age 8 to 85, most of them Indian nationals.

Once the record is made, the scarves will be handed over to NGOs which will be further distributed to underprivileged people across India.