lole i ulana ʻia He mea ia i hana ʻia mai nā apo olonā e hoʻopaʻa ana. Hiki ke hana ʻia e ka mīkini a i ʻole nā ​​ʻano ulana lima a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e hana i nā lole. Loaʻa i nā lole i ulana ʻia nā waiwai kūikawā e ʻokoʻa ai mai 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 ke ulana greige e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi mau mīkini kūikawā e hana i ke ʻano a me ke ʻano i makemake ʻia i loko o ka lole. ʻO ka mea mua, ua hānai ʻia kahi ʻōwili nui o ka hilo i loko o kahi mea uila i kapa ʻia he warper, kahi e hoʻomākaukau ai i nā kaula e ulana pū i ʻelua mau kaula i kapa ʻia ʻo "warp ends." A laila hānai ʻia kēia mau wēlau warp i loko o nā healds metala ma ka loom, kahi e hana ai lākou i kahi pūnaewele interlocking i kapa ʻia ʻo "fill" a i ʻole "knit ground," kahi e hana ai i ka papa kumu o ka lole i ulana ʻia. Ke pau kēia papa, hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia nā papa hou i loaʻa i nā kala like ʻole a hiki i ka hoʻokō ʻia 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 ʻana a i ʻole ka paʻi ʻana inā pono.

ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā lole ulana a me nā lole i ulana ʻia, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ko lākou kūkulu ʻia ʻana. ʻO nā lole i ulana ʻia, aia nā hui o nā kaula kū pololei i ulana ʻia, aʻo nā lole i ulana ʻia he mau apo lima pākahi e hui pū ana a hiki i kēlā ʻaoʻao (i kapa ʻia ʻo "stocking stitches"). ʻO ke ʻano kēia, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā kikoʻī i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻano ulana, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe pono no kahi ulana paʻakikī e like me ka tapestry a i ʻole ka quilt - akā, ʻo nā humuhumu e uhi wale kekahi i kekahi, e hana ana i nā poloka paʻa, ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke ʻano o kahi ʻano kuʻuna. He lole i milo ʻia me kahi ʻano paʻakikī o nā kikoʻī liʻiliʻi he nui.