The kendhang player usually begins and ends on the ketipung and kendhang ageng, switching to more elaborate patterns on the medium-sized ciblon drum.

The sutures are visible from the outside and often form complex and elaborate patterns.

Small pieces of zari ribbon are applied onto the fabric with the edges sewn down to create elaborate patterns.

To make more elaborate patterns, one can let this colour boundary drift from row to row, changing colours a few stitches earlier or later each time.

When elaborate patterns or designs were to be woven manually, selecting the warp threads that were to be raised became a slow, complicated procedure that was subject to error.