Nsalu yolukidwa ndi nsalu yopangidwa ndi ulusi wolumikizana. Ikhoza kupangidwa ndi makina kapena njira zolukira ndi manja ndipo nthawi zambiri imagwiritsidwa ntchito popanga zovala. Nsalu zolukidwa zimakhala ndi mawonekedwe apadera omwe amasiyana ndi nsalu zolukidwa, zomwe zimapangidwa pogwiritsa ntchito nsalu zolukira osati singano.

Njira yolukira greige imaphatikizapo kugwiritsa ntchito makina angapo apadera kuti apange kapangidwe ndi mawonekedwe ofunikira mu nsalu. Choyamba, mpukutu waukulu wa ulusi umalowetsedwa mu chipangizo chamagetsi chotchedwa warper, chomwe chimakonzekera ulusi kuti uluke pamodzi kukhala zingwe ziwiri zotchedwa "warp ends." Kenako ma warp ends awa amalowetsedwa mu zitsulo zopindika pa nsalu, komwe amapanga ukonde wolumikizana wotchedwa "fill" kapena "knit ground," womwe umapanga maziko a nsalu yolukidwa. Gawoli likamalizidwa, zigawo zina zokhala ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana zitha kuwonjezeredwa mpaka kapangidwe komwe mukufuna kakwaniritsidwe. Pomaliza, zigawozo zimalumikizidwa pamodzi m'malo osiyanasiyana kutalika kwake ndi zomangira zotchedwa selvedges, kenako zimadulidwa kuti zipange chinthu chomalizidwa, chokonzeka kukonzedwanso, monga kupaka utoto kapena kusindikiza ngati pakufunika.

Kusiyana pakati pa nsalu zolukidwa ndi zolukidwa makamaka ndi momwe zimapangidwira. Nsalu zolukidwa zimaphatikizapo magulu a ulusi wowongoka womwe umalumikizana, pomwe nsalu zolukidwa zimakhala ndi malupu osiyana omwe amalumikizana molunjika kumbali inayo (yotchedwa "masokisi osokera"). Izi zikutanthauza kuti nthawi zambiri pamakhala tsatanetsatane wochepa poyerekeza ndi mapangidwe olukidwa, chifukwa sipafunika kuluka kovuta monga mu tapestry kapena quilt - m'malo mwake, ma stitches amangolumikizana, ndikupanga mabuloko olimba kwambiri, m'malo mokhala ndi mawonekedwe achikhalidwe. Nsalu yolukidwa yokhala ndi mawonekedwe ovuta azinthu zazing'ono zambiri.