TANA / FIELD NOTES
Material log / Dhaka cloth

Structure you can wear

Four rules for a pattern that stays honest to the hand.

01 / INTA

Every motif earns its place

Selected weft carries the red diamond; the ground stays visible between each beat.

02 / SHIFT

Irregularity is part of the measure

A hand-set repeat shifts by one row, so no length resolves into a perfect copy.

03 / PALETTE

Colour stays close to the ground

Black and undyed white lead; orange marks the turn, while blue and green remain rare.

04 / EDGE

The border carries the story

Full-width inlay bands give the cap its office-ready edge without softening the weave.

This is the Nepali Dhaka Topi design system, applied by Curio — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Nepali Dhaka Topi guide → designbycurio.com/learn/nepali-dhaka-topi-weave