He aha ʻo Pongee?

He ʻano ʻo Pongeelepo-ulana ʻia lole, i hana ʻia ma ka ulana ʻana me nā olonā i milo ʻia ma ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka paʻa o ka olonāwilima nā manawa like ʻole. Hana ʻia ʻo Pongee maisilika, a hopena i kahi ʻano "slubbed" i hoʻopili ʻia; ʻokoʻa nā silika pongee mai ke ʻano like mesatini ka ʻike ʻia ʻana he matte a ʻaʻole hoʻi e noʻonoʻo. ʻOiai ʻo ka pongee i hana pinepine ʻia mai ka silika, hiki ke ulana ʻia mai nā ʻano lole like ʻole, e like mepulupulu,olonāa mehulu hipa.

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, he mea nui ka pongee i lawe ʻia aku maiKinai kaʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIaUa ulana ʻia ʻo Pongee i ka silika e nā hale wili he nui ma Kina, ʻoiai ma nā kapa o ke kahawai ʻoMuliwai ʻo Yangtzema nā wili ma nā panalāʻau ʻo Sichuan, Anhui, Zhejiang a me Jiangsu.

ʻOkoʻa ke kaumaha o Pongee mai 36 a 50 grams no ka mika kuea (0.12 a 0.16 oz/sq ft); ʻike ʻia nā ʻano māmā ʻo Paj..

Hana ʻia ʻo Pongee ma o ka ulana ʻana i nā olonā i wili ʻia me ke ʻano like ʻole ma nā wahi like ʻole; ʻo ka lole hopena maʻamau he mau "slubs" ākea e holo ana ma ke ala.ulana, kahi e hoʻonui ai a e emi ai ka mānoanoa o nā olonā.

ʻOkoʻa nā lole Pongee i ko lākou kaumaha, nā ʻano fiber, ka ulana a me nā ʻano hilo; ʻoiai kekahi mau ʻano pongee e hōʻike ana i nā slubs nui a ʻike ʻia, ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe, e like metsumugi, hiki ke hōʻike iki i ka mānoanoa o ke olonā i ka ʻokoʻa iki, e hopena ana i kahi lole pongee i kūlike ke ʻano, akā ʻoi aku ka like.