Types of textile pattern

 1. Plain weavers

Plain weave textiles are usually woven in patterns with stripped and plaids.

• Martha-This is a palided weave usually with red or maroon as the dominant colour. 

• sertha- plaid weaves usually with yellow or orange as the dominant colour.

• Thara - woven only for production of horizontal striped Kira with white as the dominant colour.

2.warp pattern weaves

• Warp is the yarn that runs lengthwise on the loom. The warp pattern designs are characterized by their supplementary warp floating technique that forms bands of repeated motifs on ground. The different warp pattern designs are different with their colour schemes. The number of legs or cross hatches in each supplementary warp pattern band is one indicator of the superitority of the textile. The textile is even more priced when the Weaver includes weft pattern designs. 

•      Mentsi Martha : Alternate yellow warp bands with plain weave red ground. 

• Lungserma: Alternative green red on orange yellow ground.

• Mentha- Narrow white warp bands on black ground. It is the one pattern which is worn solely by women. 
  
  Weft: Yarn that is passed back and forth through each shed across the loom and is interwoven with wrap.