Kasuti of karnataka

1. Kasuti of Karnataka

2. Basic stitches of Kasuti
• Ganti or Gavanti
• Muragi

3. • Neygi or Negi
• Menthi

4. Fig 1: Trace out the pattern from the graph paper onto
the fabric using a carbon tracing paper or any other
tracing medium.

5. • Fig 2: In Kasuti, you always
return to where you begin
from. So, keep the centre of
the pattern as the common
point and always begin from
there.
• Fig 3: Every time you reach a
point with a choice to go
either left or right, the trick is to
keep finishing all the
lines/patterns on the left first
and then move to right. This is a
simple logic to keep any
confusion at rest.

6. Fig 4: Once you finish with
the right side and return to
the point B, continue the
journey upward unitl you
reach the last point, D.You
will see that the patterns
hanging on the left side is
finished.
Fig 5: Fig 5: Start the return
journey.Just a simple note:
diamonds are seen as a split
in the main line, and not as
a pattern in itself. This is the
reason why the diamonds
are finished during the
return journey.

7. Fig 6: Now, we start with the
right side of the pattern. Finish
up with the diamond, return
back downwards. From B, turn
to the right. Finish the left
part of the hanging pattern first
before moving to finishing the
right part.
Fig 7: Once you reach back to
the point B, continue the
return journey downwards till
you reach the first diamond.

8. Fig 8: Finish up with
the diamond.
Fig 9: Return back to the centre, A.
Now we begin the next part of the
pattern. Work upward, through the
point B till the very end. Keep to
the left all the way.

9. Fig 11: Take the return journey
and follow the little arrow to
the right and continue to finish
up with the remaining pattern.
Now, instead, you can also
finish the little diamond on
return journey from the right
side.
Fig 10: Begin your return journey
and come back to B. Move to the
right side of the pattern, but before
going all the way up, you have to
finish the little diamond shape
lying in between. So, take a
diversion to where the little arrow
points to.

10. Fig 12: Continue the
return journey
downwards.
Fig 13: Finish up with the diamond
and return to the centre. Now,
continue with the next line of
pattern till the entire design is
done in the similar way.

11. Fig 14: The completed kasuti pattern would
look like this

12. This is a traditional pattern of a lamp. Each colored cell
in the graph represents a cross stitch or the menthi
stitch of kasuti.