lole hili ʻia he mea i hana ʻia mai nā puka lou i hui ʻia. Hiki ke hana ʻia e ka mīkini a i ʻole nā ​​hana ulana lima a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e hana i nā lole. Loaʻa i nā lole i ulana ʻia nā ʻano ʻokoʻa like ʻole me nā lole i ulana ʻia, i hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā looms ma mua o nā nila.

ʻO ke kaʻina hana o ka ulana greige e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mīkini kūikawā e hana i ke ʻano a me ke ʻano i makemake ʻia i loko o ka lole. ʻO ka mua, ua hānai ʻia kahi ʻōwili nui i loko o kahi mea uila i kapa ʻia he warper, kahi e hoʻomākaukau ai i nā kaula e ulana pū i loko o ʻelua mau kaula i kapa ʻia ʻo "warp ends." Hāʻawi ʻia kēia mau ʻaoʻao maʻamau i loko o nā mea hao ma luna o ka ulana, kahi i hana ai lākou i kahi pūnaewele pili i kapa ʻia ʻo "fill" a i ʻole "knit ground," i hana i ka papa kumu o ka lole wili. Ke hoʻopau ʻia kēia papa, hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe me nā kala like ʻole a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻolālā i makemake ʻia. ʻO ka hope, ua hui pū ʻia nā papa ma nā wahi like ʻole ma ko lākou lōʻihi e nā humuhumu i kapa ʻia ʻo selvedges, a laila ʻokiʻoki kekahi i kekahi e hana i kahi huahana i hoʻopau ʻia, mākaukau no ka hana hou ʻana, e like me ke kala a paʻi ʻana inā pono.

ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā lole i ulana ʻia a me nā lole i ulana ʻia ma ke ʻano o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana. ʻO nā lole i ulana ʻia e pili ana i nā pūʻulu o nā lola kū pololei i hui pū ʻia, aʻo nā lole i ulana ʻia, aia nā puka lou i hui pono ʻia a hiki i kekahi ʻaoʻao (i kapa ʻia ʻo "stocking stitches"). 'O ia ho'i, he emi ka nui o nā kiko'ī i ho'ohālikelike 'ia me nā hi'ohi'ona i ulana 'ia, no ka mea, 'a'ohe pono o ka ulana pa'akikī e like me ka tapestry a i 'ole ka quilt - akā, 'o ka humuhumu 'ana e hili wale kekahi i kekahi, e hana ana i mau poloka pa'a, ma mua o ka loa'a 'ana o ke kino o kahi. kuʻuna kuʻuna. He lole lole wili me kahi hiʻohiʻona paʻakikī o nā kikoʻī liʻiliʻi he nui.