In this particular pictorial form of weaving the thread has to be cut according to the motives, as required. They work in mosaics. After each weft the comb is pulled tight. The harder the pull the tighter and more valuable the tapestry. Youngsters and children need at least 3-4 months.
Local wool is used which is dyed only with vegetable colours.
Miss Al Awadly has specialized in the dyeing techniques with vegetable colours and their setting. All vegetable colours are composition. No plant has only one colour. Blue is dyed with indigo, yellow with reseda, red with madder and cochenille, beige and brown tones with henna and campher leaves, mixed colours originate by laying colours over each other. The wool is treated witch eulan during the dyeing process to made it resistant against moths.