ʻO ka lepili ulana ka lepili inoa maʻamau i nā lole, Kahōʻailona maʻiʻoua ulana ʻia ma ka ulana ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke kaulakaulahaoa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka weftkaulahaoe hoike akulogo,nā huaʻōlelo, nā leka, nā kiʻi, nā helu, nā kaha ʻekolu.

Wahi a nā ʻano huahana, hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i ʻelua mau ʻāpana: plane standard a me satin standard.

Kūlana mokulele: ʻO ka lole e like me ke ʻano o ka lole, maʻalahi i ka wā i wili ʻia ai ka weft i ka maʻamau mokulele maʻalahi.ʻO ka mea maʻamau, paʻa ka warp, a ʻeleʻele paha, a keʻokeʻo paha, no laila aia nā ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo a me ka palahalaha, ka lepili waihoʻoluʻu māmā, maʻamau me ke keʻokeʻo pālahalaha, ʻeleʻele maʻamau me ka ʻeleʻele palahalaha.ʻO ke ʻano a me ke kala o ka lepili lole e hōʻike nui ʻia e ka weft yarn, a ʻokoʻa ke kala i hōʻike ʻia ma muli o ka hopena o ka hele ʻana i ke kaula warp.Ma muli o ka palena o ka mīkini i nā ʻano o ka weft yarn, no laila hiki ke hōʻike ʻia ke kala i kaupalena ʻia, maʻamau i loko o 8 mau ʻano.E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma luna, ʻo nā ʻāpana kumukūʻai: ʻo ka laulā o ka lole, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka nui o ka warp i hoʻohana ʻia;ʻO ka lōʻihi o ka lole, a me ka lōʻihi o kēlā me kēia kala ma ka meridiana.I mea e hōʻike ai i nā kikoʻī a me ka waihoʻoluʻu, pāpālua i ka weft a pau, i kapa ʻia ʻelua ʻaoʻao, inā pono kahi kala i ʻekolu-dimensional, e hoʻohui i kahi paona o ke kaula, i kapa ʻia ʻo ke kalaiwa kaumaha.Ma waho aʻe o ka holoi ʻana a me ka nui ʻana, ʻo ka hapa nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lepili papalua ʻaoʻao.ʻO nā lepili lole he wili e hōʻike i ke kumu, a pono e loaʻa nā ʻokoʻa me ka hoʻolālā kiʻi kumu, no laila hiki ʻole ke hana nui me ka ʻole o ka hōʻoia hōʻoia.