TRADITIONAL STEPS OF WEAVING
Pinagbukag ti kapas (picking of cotton balls)
Panagladdit ti kapas (removing the seeds with the use of a cotton gin)
Panangbatbat ti kapas (pounding or beating with the use of the lagundi sticks)
Panangsunay / Panangtibbi ti kapas ( twisting the cotton using the spindle)
Panagilabay ti sagot (Skeining) (inding the cotton yarn into the skeiner)
Panagtagud iti nailabay nga sagot (Combing) (brushing the skeined yarn to make it durable and glossy)
Panagpulipol ti sagot (Spooling) (winding the skeined yarn to the bamboo spool)
Panaggan-ay ti sagot (Warping) (winding the spool yarn into the warping reel or tool for warping)
Pananglukot ti sagot (Beaming) (winding the warp yarn into the warp beam rod)
Pinagisubo iti Gur-on (Heddling) (inserting the warp yarn through the heddle eye with the use of the weaver’s hook)
Pinagisubo iti Sugod (Sleying) (inserting the warp yarn through the dents or spaces of the reed with the use of the weaver’s hook)
Pinagipakat diay Pagablan (Tie-up / tying- in) (dressing the loom to tie the heddles behind the beater)
Agabel (Weaving) (the interlocking of vertical yarn (warp) known as gan-ay and the horizontal yarns (weft) as pakan)