Kakahu whatu He rauemi te whatu i hangaia mai i ngā koropiko miro e hono ana. Ka taea te hanga mā te mīhini, mā te whatu ā-ringa rānei, ā, he maha ngā wā ka whakamahia hei hanga kākahu. He āhuatanga ahurei ō ngā papanga whatu e rerekē ana i ngā papanga whatu, e hangaia ana mā te whakamahi i ngā whatu kaua ki ngā ngira.

Ko te tukanga whatu greige he whakamahi i ētahi mīhini motuhake hei hanga i te kakano me te tauira e hiahiatia ana i roto i te papanga. Tuatahi, ka tukuna he roera miro nui ki roto i tētahi taputapu hiko e kiia nei ko te warper, e whakarite ana i ngā miro kia whatu tahi hei miro e rua e kiia nei ko ngā "pito warp". Kātahi ka tukuna ēnei pito warp ki roto i ngā whīra whakarewa i runga i te whatu, ka hangaia he tukutuku honohono e kiia nei ko te "whakakī" "whatu whatu" rānei, e hanga ana i te paparanga turanga o te papanga whatu. Kia oti tēnei paparanga, ka taea te tāpiri i ētahi atu paparanga he rerekē ngā tae kia tutuki rā anō te hoahoa e hiahiatia ana. Hei whakamutunga, ka honoa ngā paparanga ki ngā wāhi rerekē i te roanga o ō rātou roanga mā ngā tuitui e kiia nei ko ngā selvedges, kātahi ka tapahia tetahi ki tetahi hei whakaputa i tētahi hua kua oti, kua rite mō te tukatuka atu, pērā i te tae, te tā rānei mēnā e tika ana.

Ko te rerekētanga i waenga i ngā papanga whatu me ngā papanga whatu kei te āhua o te hanganga. Ko ngā papanga whatu he rōpū miro poutū e whiri ana, ko ngā papanga whatu he koropiko takitahi e hono poutū ana ki tērā taha (e kiia ana ko ngā "tuinga tokena"). Ko te tikanga he iti ake ngā taipitopito ki ngā tauira whatu, nā te mea kāore e hiahiatia he whatu uaua pērā i te tapestry, i te quilt rānei - engari, ka taupatupatu noa ngā tuitui tetahi ki tetahi, ka hanga poraka totoka ake, kaua ki te whai i te kakano o te tauira tuku iho. He papanga whatu me te tauira uaua o ngā taipitopito iti maha.