Chikankari 4 essential processes in Chikankari hand-embroidery. . Indian tradition has very exotic forms of traditional handmade craft, and some handicrafts have the Geographical Indication of various art forms, Chikankari is G.I. of the Lucknow region and that's the reason sometimes people also call it Lucknawi, or Lucknow Chikan. The first process is selecting a design, then the design is made into Chikankari by the artisans setting the design in 32 different stitches. Some stitches of chikankari are 1. Phanda 2. Murri 3. Dhaniya 4. Ghaspatti 5. Zanjeera 6. Bijli 7. Kaantein 8. Ikhari Bakhiya 9. Bakhiya or shadow stitch Jaalis are of 6 types generally but some artisans claim to be more in numbers, some jaali ( perforated pattern ) names are - 1. Siddhaul Jaali 2. Katora Jaali 3. Chasm - e - Bulbul Jaali 4. Makda Jaali 5. Taj Mahal Jaali 6. . Chikankari wooden blocks The second process is of making the wooden block with blockmakers of Chikankari. The second process i...
