Using untwisted pat silk floss in madder, ochre, and indigo tones, Punjabi women count individual warp and weft threads from the underside of coarse hand-woven khaddar so long satin-like darning stitches cover the upper surface. 1
When geometric lozenges cover every millimetre of the base cloth for ceremonial bridal canopies, the textile is termed a bagh ('garden'). 1
