Knitted Jacket 8

Lovely Lavender Jacket:

Fig 1

Fig 2

Hi friends,

Photography for a blog is again a time consuming factor. No doubt among different forms of arts which I love, photography is also one. But many times what happens is; the exact color which we can see by our eyes is not caught by the camera and then we go on trying. Try to change background, if we have taken a snap in night then try to take it in a day light, even try to change mobile once by my mobile then by my mister's mobile etc. You will realize, what I am saying once you see fig 3 and 4. The same piece looks lavender and the blue. 

So this Lavender and light yellow of baby set in my post on 8/12/2017 are the colors whose beauty of shade can't be caught by camera. One more thing, Though I have praised so many times the quality of wool in USA, Red heart or Lion brand etc  but I must admit that I missed the variety of shades available in India. This lavender shade is so pretty but I could not catch it in camera. I tried with different background and the result are above.

    I made this jacket for my grand daughter. She is 5 years old and slim so this will be perfect for her. Actually the lavender part is completely seamless and the black strips are made separately. Initially I made it by picking up stitches and working as per cross stitch design but that idea felt as got round up and didn't remain stiff. Hence I tink it all and worked separate strips and sewed it and wah! it looked marvelous.

Size: Height 19", chest 25", armhole 6.5"
Gauge: 16 stitches x 22 rows means 3" X 3".
Material: Lavender color Vardhaman 4 ply yarn 100 gm, Black 50gm, knitting needle 4 mm, dpn 4 mm, tapestry needle, crochet hook 3 mm.


Instructions:  CO 100 sts. = 17 for half left front + 66 for back + 17 for half right front.
Row 1: Working all knit, place 2 markers, one after 17 sts for and then after 66 sts for back.
Work Rows 2 to 9 all knit.
Row 10 (RS) onward we use stockinette stitch.
After 3.5" from CO row, decrease one stitch on both sides of the marker as,
Next row: k 15, SSK, move the marker,  k2tog, k 62, SSK, move the marker,  k 15. k2tog (that is in all 4 sts decreased).
Then go on by Stockinette stitch till the height is 7". Then again one row as above in which 4 sts are decreased. So now there are 92 sts. (15+62+15)
When the height is 10" from CO row increase 4 sts as under.
Next row: k 14, kfb, move marker, kfb, k 60, kfb, move the marker, kfb, k 14. (4 sts increased)
Repeat this row after 1.5" again. Then the total number of stitches will be again 100 (17+66+17).
Work stockinette stitch till the height is 12.5".
After this, we are going to work only Right front side's 17 sts.

Armhole shaping:
Row 1: K 17 and turn.
Row 2: Bind off 3 sts then purl all till end.
Row 3: K all
Row 4: Bind off 1 sts and purl all. (Now there are 13 sts on the right front side)

Neck shaping: Row 5: Bind off 1 st and knit all.
Continue stockinette st for 1.5". Then decrease 1 more stitch from neck side that is bind off 1 and knit remaining all. Now there are only 11 sts on right front side.Continue working in stockinette st till the arm hole measures 6.5". Place these 15 sts on a holder. Now from CO row the height will be 19".

Back: Join yarn on the first st of RS of back part. Now we are knitting these 66 sts of back part only.
Row 1: Bind off 3 sts, k all
Row 2: Bind off 3 sts p all
Row 3: Bind off 1 st k all
Row 4: Bind off 1 st p all. Now there are 58 sts on back side.
Work these 58 sts in stockinette st till the arm hole is 5.5".
Now for shoulder, work only 11 sts in stockinette st for 1", place these 11 sts on holder. Bind off middle 36 sts. Connect yarn with the last part of 11 sts of other shoulder. Work in stockinette st for 1", put the stitches on a holder.

Left Front Side: Connect the yarn at the first st out of 17 sts for left front side.
Row 1: Bind off 3 sts, knit all. Turn,
Row 2: All purl
Row 3: Bind off 1 st,knit remaining.
Row 4: Purl all. (Now there are 13 sts on the left front side)

Neck shaping: Row 5: knit all.
Row 6:  Bind off 1 st and purl all.
Continue stockinette st for 1.5". Then decrease 1 more stitch from neck side that is bind off 1 and purl remaining all. Now there are only 11 sts on left front side.Continue working in stockinette st till the arm hole measures 6.5". Place these 15 sts on a holder. Now from CO row the height will be 19".

Sew the 11 sts on shoulders by putting RS on RS and using third needle.
Now 58-22= 36 sts for back.

Your ready portion will look like,

Fig 3

Border of armhole: With double pointed needle pick up approximately 84 sts from the armhole. Work three rows of garter stitch and bind off. Similarly make the border of other armhole. Now your piece will look like this, 

Fig 4

Cross Stitch Strips: Actually first I have pick up stitches from both sides of the button band and back collectively then made this cross stitch design of 17 rows but after so many tries also the button band strip folds and didn't remain stiff. I didn't like it, I completely tink it and made the strips separately and then sewed them.

The cross stitch border I have chosen is of 13 sts.

Fig 5

Of course you can have your own choice, keeping the width required (17 sts here) in mind.

Cross Stitch Border: CO 17 sts, Work garter st for 9 rows. 

In order that this strip should remain stiff, first 2 and last 2 sts out of these 17, will be always worked as knit. Therefore 17-4=13 sts exactly remain for the design.

Make the strip according to the design till it's length becomes 20". Similarly make one more strip. 

Fig 6

Sew these strips to the button band. One inch of this cross stitch band will remain sew with the bind off part of the back. Similarly other cross stitch strip is sewed. Still the cross stitch strip is not stiff up to the mark so I decided to make a round of hdc through out the strip including the back neck portion. Now from back side it will look as, 

Fig 7

Fig 8

  I have one wooden bead and I want to use it as a button so I insert a crochet hook at the place where neck starts and work out 20 chains and close the ring at the same place. Then sew that bead as my button.

Fig 9

wah! see how beautiful it looks!
Here you have scope to sew  tassels, instead of that wooden button or to the button. In Indian market such show pieces are called Latkan (a hanging matching show piece) and they are generally sewed to dresses. If they are matching then it will look super cute!

Only one is sufficient, may chose smaller one

Small tassels like this

Saree / Dress Packing or Wrapping:

Fig 1

Gift packing or wrapping is an art of enclosing a gift by some material which is generally colored paper to wrap and on that ornamental knot by ribbon. When we wrap a gift, it gives value addition in your present, it gives personal touch to your gift, it gives positivity to the recipient when he / she receives it and finally it is a beautiful love symbol between you and the recipient of the gift. In addition to this, it gives an opportunity to the creative person to decorate the packing in number of different ways.
Some people think that wrapping a gift is a waste of time and waste of material used because everyone is interested in the inside gift and for that wrapping is going to be teared. But I don't think so only that it should not cost much. 

Fig 2

The culture of wrapping the gift is not a new fad or new idea. It's old. In old days gifts are covered by beautiful cloths or handkerchief with embroidery on that. There is one proverb in Hindi (our National Language) "एक नूर आदमी दस नूर कपडा"  meaning if a person counts one then his / her dress counts ten. Similarly we can say, "good packing increases the beauty of the saree / dress ten times".

Particularly marriage gifts are packed in a very decorative manners. In the marriages of my son and daughter I have made several and variety of gift packings. Though all photos are not with me today but some photos are here.

Fig 3

Fig 4

Fig 5

Fig 6

For wrapping I generally use beautiful printed papers and Adhesive tape.
Particularly when the packed item is saree I don't want to stretch the eagerness of a lady about the saree so I pack it in a special manner so that glimpse of the saree and its accessories can be seen even after packing 😛. 
Packing Method: 

In saree shop number of saree boxes are available. Two sarees can be packed in one saree box. First half part of the saree box is taken, it is wrapped by colored paper from outside only and  fixed by adhesive tape as in the photo 7 and 8. (Sorry for the photos because I have just used the paper which is at home hence it is not well pressed) Fig 9 shows the back sides of the packing box after wrapping colored paper. Then keep saree along with blouse piece, matching bangels, matching purse, matching handkerchief (what ever accessories you want to give) as in fig 10. Then fix a transparent colorless gelatin paper above it and wrap from all the sides and fixed by adhesive tape on the back side (please see the above photos). All the things inside (accessories) are packed and do not move. 

Now decorate it as you wish. For marriage packing I generally use tissue ribbon of golden color for decorating.

Fig 7

Fig 8

Fig 9

Fig 10

For decorating it, you can use sateen ribbon its bow, flowers etc. Just as in Fig 1, I have made two

flowers, one of golden ribbon and another from red sateen ribbon (matching with the inner saree), similarly in fig 2 and 5 where as in fig 4 saree packing I have used the white flower from an old bunch of flowers in flower pot. In fig 3 narrow ribbon is used with double strips. In fig 6 small roses are made again by folding ribbon. 

If it is dress material of gent's dress then I think that packing should be same but decoration of packing should be simple, just narrow ribbon and small rose flower on that as in fig 6.

But today we think of environment, hence to avoid unnecessary use of papers we should think of reusable papers and things for decorating the gift.  

Fig 11

Fig 12

Generally I prefer used waste material for decorating for example, broken jewelry, broken part of show pieces (as flowers are used above). 

We can also make flowers of fabric, ribbon etc. Many such flowers can be seen on you-tubes. 

The pink fabric flower is based on the flower demonstrated in the link,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi4yI3zFTKs

Those ribbon flowers are also simple.

This beaded flower is also a part of old Toran, (Piece that is attached to the upper portion of the door in India). There are such six flowers in that toran. After that toran is fed up, I remove this bead flower part and use it to gift packing. 
Most right side pink color flower is as per 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCwOzNNxNYk

Some times I see some crocheted flowers, leaves on internet while surfing and I cannot resist myself from doing it,then where to use it? Of course for packing purpose. Similarly tatted laces are made to decorate the packing but as tatting takes much time I avoid that and use crochet instead.                                 

Fig 14

I found these beautiful flowers on You tube, I made them and now I will use them in some gift packing. Here are the links,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htSAyyxCvHQ&t=628s 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6-WfMraV3U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUYRV5V_79w

Thus number of crochet flowers and leaves can be made in leisure time which can be used in packing and they can be reused. See below fig 15,16 and 17.

Knitted Fur Jacket 6

Fur Jacket: 

Hi friends,
This is again a different type of wool I saw in Samrat, shop at Pune. I even didn't know how to knit with this? still I bought them as I love their texture and colors too.
When I think to experiment with the new yarn, I CO 10 sts with 5 mm needle. Work all rows knit and what a wonder it looks good! Moreover the sts are so invisible, whether you knit or purl, it cannot be recognized. But it looks great!
Yes! I decided to work simple jacket.

Considering the thickness of the yarn, I know that the number of stitches to be cast on should be much less than usual.  So first I check the gauge and then decided the number of stitches to be cast on.

Size of the jacket: length 15", width 13" and arm hole 6".
Material: Golden color yarn 100 gm, knitting needle 5 mm, tapestry needle, 2 show buttons with 1" diameter
Gauge: 12 sts x 12 rows makes 4" x 4"
Instructions: 
Back side: CO 36 sts
(WS) all knit
(RS) all knit
Next row is WS to recognize RS put a plastic pin on RS.                  Work all knit on both RS and WS till the height is 9"

Bind off 3 sts at the starting of Rs and WS both then bind off 1 st      again on both RS and WS. Now there are 28 sts.
Go on knitting both sides till the height is 14.5".
Work only 10 sts for shoulder for 2 rows. Keep these sts on holder. Bind off middle 8 sts. Then again work two rows of remaining 10 sts for other shoulder put them on other holder.
Right front: CO 21 sts.
(WS) all knit
(RS) all knit. Put a plastic pin on RS.
                                                 Knit all rows till the height is 9". Bind off 3 - 1 sts on WS.
Also decrease 1 st by k2tog on alternate RS till 10 sts remain. Keep them on holder.

Left side: CO 21 sts
WS: all knit
RS: YO k2tog, (for button hole) all knit. Put a plastic pin on RS.
Knit all rows with two more times YO k2tog for button hole after every 4.5". When the height is 9", bind off 3 - 1 sts on RS. Also decrease 1 st by k2tog on alternate WS till 10 sts remain. Keep them on holder.
Knit shoulders og front and back side properly with third needle method.
Sew three buttons with 1" diameter.
Jackets I have made in two more colors and size.

Handkerchief with Symbol of Love: (Valentine Day special)

Hi friends,

Coming week brings Valentine day which is popular all over the world. Every one is busy for purchasing gifts for his / her beloved. Heart and flowers are mainly used for the gifts on this day. In last 5-6 years it is also celebrated  in India but many groups of people oppose it every year. I think instead of romantic love if we consider it in a broader sense then there should be no problem. 

There is very famous poem in Marathi (my mother-tong) by our great literary Kusumagraj, (V V Shirwadkar),

प्रेम कुणावर करावं ?
कुणावरही करावं....

Means,
Whom we should love?
Love any one.......

and then poet describes different persons, characters some beautiful even some not and still suggest to love all that.

In the last two lines while explaining that why we should love, he says.... 

प्रेम कुणावरही करावं
कारण प्रेम आहे
माणसाच्या संस्कॄतीचा सारांश 
त्याच्या इतिहासाचा निष्कर्ष आणि 
भविष्यकालातील त्याच्या अभ्युदयाची आशा
एकमेव ….. !

Love any one because, 
love is the summary of culture, 
conclusion of history and 
the only hope of arising future of mankind.

The poem gives the most broader and deep meaning of love. In short we should love every creation of God.

On this platform we all are lovers of art and creativity. 
We want to create new things and Valentine Day is one of the occasion for us.
So I have created this pink handkerchief with tatted heart in 2010 for my daughter in law to express our love for her.
                                                     

Material: One handkerchief with picot done on all borders, Anchor thread number 20 Maroon color, sewing needle and matching thread if available or you can sew with the same tatting thread also, Shuttle and scissor.
Last but not least lots of love for whom you are making this 💓💓



Instructions:
Fill the maroon tatting thread in a shuttle.
Start with R of 4-4-4-4, R of 4 join with the picot of previous R, 2-2-2-2-4 close.
Work R of 4, join with the last picot of previous R, 4-4-4 close.
Chain of 6-6.
R of 4 join with the last picot of the third ring, 4-4-4 close.
Note that all rings are 4-4-4-4 except two middle rings.
Lower five chains are 4-4, then two chains are 5-5 and last two 6-6.
When you arrive to the lower center, work one more ring with 3-3-3-3-3-3 close.
Similarly work other part.

Knitted Princess Jacket 5

Princess Jacket: 

Fig 1

Hi friends,

It was a good thing that pick up point of our Kerala Kanya kumari trip    (as I have mentioned in the last post) was Pune. Pune is such a wonderful city in every aspect; education, culture, arts etc. I always like shopping there. Shopping of anything right from saree, dresses to wool, tatting yarn, beads and  many other material useful for any art. Since last 4-5 years, it never happened that I visited Pune and not visited the shop Samrat which my sister, Sandhya had introduced me seeing my love for creativity. Many things that are not available in Amravati can be purchased there. 

This time I found a different yarn which looked like fur. 

The yarn I found in Pune

Delicate thread

I picked up pink color, I saw the delicate thread which gave fur type look to the yarn in totality. I was in love with that. I didn't know, what I am going to do with this yarn but I purchased it.
After returning home and spending 3-4 days in cleaning and all, I thought about making a jacket with this yarn and here is the result. Waah! a lovely jacket! which I called Princess Jacket. Because that pink fur border is just value addition to the jacket.

Material required: 50 gm off white Vardhamaan 4 ply wool, this above referred pink color yarn, tapestry needle, same pink colored embroidery thread, knitting needle 4 mm, two press buttons and two show buttons.

Final size: Length 14", width 24", arm hole 6". Fits 1-2 years baby.

Gauge: 15 sts and 20 rows makes 3" x 3"

Instructions: Jacket is made in three parts.
Right front: Cast on 30 sts with off white yarn.
Row 1: (WS) All purl
Row 2: (RS) all knit
Row 3: all purl
Row 4: all knit
Row 5: (WS) Join pink yarn and I worked all purl as it is wrong side but then I saw that all fur threads goes to back side hence I tink the row and knit all sts (Remember on WS)
Row 6: (RS) Purl all sts by pink color
Row 7: All knit
Row 8: All purl

WS

Row 9: With off white yarn work stockinette stitch till the length is 7.5". (Approximately  after completing 50 rows)
Bind off 3-2-1 at the starting of each WS, continue stockinette stitch. After two more rows bind of 1 st at the starting of RS. Repeat this till 18 sts remain for shoulder.
Total length is 14".

RS

Left Front: CO 30 sts Repeat as in right front till 7.5".
Then bind off 3-2-1 on each RS. Continue stockinette stitch. After two more rows bind of 1 st at the starting of WS. Repeat this till 18 sts remain for shoulder.

Back side: CO 65 sts with off white color. Till the height is 7.5" work same as left or right front.
Bind off 3-2-1 sts on each of right and wrong side.
Work stockinette stitch till the height is 13". Work only 18 sts for two more rows. Shift them on one holder. Bind off next 17 sts. Again work next 18 stitch  for two more rows and then shift them on another holder.
Facing RS of both left front shoulder and back shoulder bind off 18 sts of  using third needle.
Similarly bind off 18 sts of other shoulder.
Now for the border of armholes, I pick up 60 sts and work stockinette st for 4 rows, but then what I saw is that fur part is toward the neck which I don't like. So I again tink that and separately knit two pink borders for two arm holes with 60 sts and 4 rows then sew them.

I change this border

Border for arm hole.

Then make button band / neckband.

CO 5 sts with off white.

Row 1: All purl, Row 2: All knit, Row 3: With pink yarn knit all, Row 4: Purl all

Repeat rows 3 and 4 till the height is approximately 16".

Make such two bands, if necessary make two holes for buttons. I have sewed two press buttons and these two are only show buttons.

Now sew those bands and the sides.
Your princess jacket is ready! 

Before I got those two beautiful buttons shown in first figure, I have made one bow for tying as follows.
Join off white yarn at the beginning of the neck shape. Work 3dc tog in one stitch on back side of the pink neck band. Then chains 70, also make small tassel and join at the end. Make one more tying cord on other side of the neck band.

3 dc tog and then chains

Tassels & bow also look beautiful!

Is it not great! It only takes two days to finish, so this may be your next weekend project.

Knitted Baby Set 4

Baby Sweater, Pant, Booties and Hat:

Hi friends,
Here is one more baby set I have knitted for my grand daughter.  I never  knitted Pant, so in this set I decided to knit that.
Sweater:
Material: Vardhman yarn bottle green and light yellow color, knitting needle no UK 11 and 10.
Size: For one yer baby
Gauge: 24 st and 28  rows makes 3"x 3"
                                                       

Ribbing: Row 1:(p 1, yarn on back side sl 1, yarn on front side) repeat through out the row.
Row 2: All p

Instruction: This sweater is knitted from top to bottom with wrangler cut.
CO 74 sts on no 11 needle with bottle green color.
Work on ribbing for 8 rows.
Shift sts to no 10 needle and work stockinette stitch with light yellow color.
Note that we have to knit first 5 sts and last 5 sts as per ribbing pattern.
Now divide 74 sts and add marker as follow, (5+12+9+23+9+11+5)
Row 1: 5 sts ribbing for button band, k 11 sts for left front  YO, k1, add marker, YO, k 8, for sleeve, YO,  k 1, add marker, YO, k 22 for back side, YO, k 1, add marker, YO, k 8 for sleeve, YO, k 1, add marker,  YO, k 11 for right front and 5 sts as per ribbing. (total sts 82) (5+13+11+25+11+12+5)

Row 2: All purl.
Row 3: 5 sts ribbing for button band, k 12 sts for left front  YO, k1, move marker, YO,  k 10, YO,  k 1, move marker,  YO, k 24, YO, k1, move marker,  YO, k 10 for sleeve, YO, k 1, move marker, YO, k 12 for right front and 5 sts as per ribbing. (total sts 90) (5+14+13+27+13+13+5).
Row 4: All purl
For row 5 change the color of the yarn. Repeat this after every 4 rows.

Thus go on increasing 8 sts in each odd row.
Repeat rows 3 and 4 thirty times more. Last number of sts will be 210 and distribution will be (5+29+43+57+43+28+5).
Now take one st among the sleeve's 43 in back side and one st from the 43 sts of sleeves in right half side. Thus now you have 42 sts for sleeves, take on st holder and remaining (5 button band + 29 left side + 58 back side + 29 from right side + 5 button band) 126 sts and 84 from two sleeves thus 210 sts intact.
Now work stockinette sts till the required length; again changing the yarn color after every 4 rows. I have worked 56 rows more.
Lastly with bottle green color work ribbing for 10 rows with 11 no needle and bind off.

Now take the 42 sts of the sleeve on needle and again work stockinette sts till the required length. Remember that you have to decrease 1 st after 8 rows and change the yarn color after every 4 rows. After the length of the sleeve is sufficient work ribbing for 10 rows on 11 no needle.

This sweater I have knitted with my own design but pant, hat and booties from different free patterns

Pant: Generally in India pant is not sewed for baby-girl and but as my daughter is in USA we also know that it is girl but I thought that as it is very cold there we can knit it and hence I tried. This  is first time I worked on circular needle for seamless pant and it turned out very well. I love the pattern and particularly those small pockets.

I am very much thankful to Brynne for such a cute pattern for free. This is the link,

 http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/PATTcargo.html

Hat: Till 2011, I have knitted only typical type of cap for small baby as given in my 8 Dec 2017's post. So as soon as I saw this hat I liked it so much and I thought that it will suit with pant hence I knitted it along with this sweater and pant.

I am again thankful to Alice Schnebly  for this wonderful  free pattern,
   
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kiddie-cadet

Hat with booties

Hat

Booties: Again I have knitted socks but not booties. I like this simple pattern but when I knitted it; it's gauge fails to be accurate and the result is that they are small in size as compare to sweater, pant and hat. A mathematics professor, wrong in proportion 😝! But it's ok, I said, I will make new one and I knitted it.

Forget about the size the first booties but they looked so cute that I used them as show piece in my drawing room 😈

 This is one more thing I should note that wool, Vardhaman in India is quite thin so you should first see the gauge and then decide that how many sts should be cast on. Otherwise all my patterns will be too big to fit your baby.

I am grateful to Mary Jane for this cute booties. Here is the link,

https://lifestyle.howstuffworks.com/crafts/knitting/free-baby-bootie-knitting-patterns2.htm

Basic Instruments in Indian Classical Music: 

Part V - Cushion and Rug

Hi friends,

After a long break of 15 days I am back. Within these days we both (me and my husband) enjoyed Kerala - Kanyakumari tour, had seen various places including Munnar, known as God's own country. No need to say that it is very very beautiful. Also met so many new friends enjoyed with them a lot and now back to our art's circle with more energy absorbed from nature. 

Here is the last part in the series of our crochet work, "Basic Instruments in Indian Classical Music". All instruments are done now it is turn of rug and cushion.

In Baithak actually there are three round cushions but I have crocheted only one. One more thing is that rug also which I have crocheted felt short, it should be such that all three instruments with three artists should be accommodated on that rug. So if you are going to make it size should be little bit bigger.
Actual size of the crocheted rug is 40 x 30 cm and
the size of cushion is 10 ch in length.

Vardhman Millennium - Shade No. 10 (Brown)

Vardhman Millennium - Shade No. 24 (Off white)

Vardhman Millennium - Shade No. 113 (Wooden color)

Rug: Start with 52 stitches with wool no 24. Sc 1 in second ch and the sc in each stitch up to last st. Ch 1 turn sc in each st. Repeat till the length is 18 cm. Close.

Change color to shade no. 113 (wooden) and join at the st of any one side of the rug (not at corner). Crochet sc in each st and 3 sc at corner st. Work 6 rounds like this. Close

Join brown color (no 10) at some different place than the previous joint and similarly work for 4 rounds.
Again join shade no 24 at some new place and work 6 rounds with sc in each st and 3 sc in corner stitch.
The rug is ready.

Cushion: Start with shade no 24 and work 20 chains. Ch 1 turn sc on each st. After 3 rows change to shade no 113, wooden color as per photo and work 2 rows then with the third color, shade no 10, work 1 row only. Then again with off-white yarn work 7 rows then with dark brown 1 row and with wooden color 2 rows again. Lastly with white color work 3 rows. A rectangle of 11 x 9 cm is formed. 

Cut the yarn sufficient for sewing and closing one side of the cylinder. Using tapestry needle sew the 9 cm sides with each other. A cylindrical shape is formed. With the same yarn work,
Round 1:  2 sc tog, now there will be 10 sts.
Round 2: Work 2 dc tog.
Pass the yarn through all 5 sts and close.

Stuff the nylon fiber in this cushion lightly. Close other end similar to the first one by rounds 1 and 2.
Here the cushion is ready. If you want you can have two tassels for each cushion.

Make such three cushions for the three instrument player.

Arrange your harmonium, tabla, dagga and tanpura on this rug and cushion as follows and this will be excellent show piece in your guest room / drawing room.