Indwangu elukiwe iyinto eyenziwe ngezihibe ezixhumene zentambo. Ingakhiqizwa ngamasu omshini noma okulukwa ngesandla futhi ivame ukusetshenziswa ukwenza izingubo. Izindwangu ezithungiwe zinezakhiwo ezihlukile ezihlukile kwezindwangu ezilukiwe, ezenziwe kusetshenziswa ama-loom esikhundleni sezinaliti.
Inqubo yokuthunga i-greige ihilela ukusebenzisa imishini eminingana ekhethekile ukudala ukuthungwa okufunwayo kanye nephethini endwangu. Okokuqala, umqulu omkhulu wentambo ufakwa kudivayisi kagesi ebizwa ngokuthi i-warper, elungiselela imicu ukuze ilukwe ndawonye ibe imicu emibili ebizwa ngokuthi "iziphetho ze-warp." Lezi ziphetho ze-warp zibe sezifakwa ezindongeni zensimbi ezisongwe, lapho zakha khona i-web exhumene ebizwa ngokuthi "ukugcwalisa" noma "umhlabathi ohlanganisiwe," owakha ungqimba oluyisisekelo lwendwangu ehlanganisiwe. Uma lolu ngqimba seluqediwe, izendlalelo ezengeziwe ezinemibala ehlukene zingangezwa kuze kube yilapho umklamo ofunwayo usufeziwe. Ekugcineni, izendlalelo zihlanganiswa ndawonye ezindaweni ezahlukene ngobude bazo ngezithungo ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-selvedge, bese zisikwa ukuze kukhiqizwe umkhiqizo oqediwe, olungele ukucutshungulwa okuqhubekayo, njengokudaya noma ukuphrinta uma kudingeka.
Umehluko phakathi kwezindwangu ezilukiwe nezilukiwe ugxile kakhulu endleleni ezakhiwe ngayo. Izindwangu ezilukiwe zihlanganisa amaqembu ezintambo eziqondile ezihlangene, kuyilapho izindwangu ezilukiwe ziqukethe izihibe ngazinye ezihlangana ziqonde phezulu kolunye uhlangothi (olubizwa ngokuthi "izitishi zesitoko"). Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngokuvamile kunemininingwane embalwa uma kuqhathaniswa namaphethini alukiwe, njengoba kungekho sidingo sokweluka okuyinkimbinkimbi njengase-tapestry noma e-quilt - esikhundleni salokho, izitishi zihlangana nje, zakha amabhlogo aqinile kakhulu, kunokuba zibe nokuthungwa kwephethini yendabuko. Indwangu ephothiwe enephethini eyinkimbinkimbi yemininingwane eminingi emincane.
