All of our patterns start with three somewhat dark base colors and a fourth color which is used to lighten and brighten the other three. This fourth color is usually White, but we sometimes also use Tan, Yellow or Gray for other interesting effects. The finished product is called a "cane" and can be compared to a roll of slice-and-bake cookie dough where the pattern is visible in any cross-section.

For DOTS the base colors and two lightened versions of these colors, are arranged into nine different bullseyes. The stack of bullseyes is reduced and recombined to make a square cane with 144 bullseyes on its face.

This pattern was first developed in 2001