ʻO ka mea nui me ka ikaika haʻihaʻi a me ka pale ʻana o nā lole. Hōʻike ka ikaika haʻihaʻi i ka paʻa o ka lole ma lalo o nā mana like ʻole. Wahi a nā mana like ʻole, aia ka ikaika haʻihaʻi tensile, ka ikaika o ka waimaka, a me ka ikaika pahū. ʻO ka pale ʻana o ka lole e pili ana i kona hiki ke pale aku i ka ʻaʻahu a me ka waimaka. Aia nā ʻano lole like ʻole, e like me ka wili pālahalaha, ka wili ʻana i ke kihi, a me ka wili curved. Hōʻike pinepine ka pale ʻana o nā lole i ko lākou wikiwiki. ʻO ka hana hōʻoluʻolu e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka wela, ka insulation thermal, ka hikiwawe o ka wai, ka hanu, ke ʻano, ka rigidity a me ka maʻalahi, drape, a me ka pilling o nā lole. ʻO ka waiwai hoʻoili wela o nā lole e pili ana i ka hiki o nā lole ke hoʻouna i ka wela ma kēlā me kēia ʻāpana a me kēlā me kēia manawa. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe ka insulation thermal (thermal impedance). Pono ka lole o ke kauwela i ka hoʻololi wela maikaʻi, ʻoiai ʻo ka lole hoʻoilo e pono ai ka insulation thermal maikaʻi. ʻO ka paʻa wai o nā lole e pili ana i ka hiki o ka wai kinoea ke hele i loko o ka lole. ʻO ka breathability o ka lole e pili ana i ka hiki o kahi lole ke hele i ka ea. ʻO ke ʻano o ka lole e pili ana i ka hiʻohiʻona a me nā ʻano tactile o kahi lole. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona ka waihoʻoluʻu, ka palahalaha o ka lole, ka laumā, a me nā ʻano maloʻo. ʻO ka paʻi e pili ana i ka manaʻo tactile, hiki ke maʻalahi a iʻole kaʻeleʻele, ka maʻalahi a iʻole ka maʻalahi, ka paʻakikī a iʻole ka palupalu, ka huluhulu a iʻole ka paʻakikī, a pēlā aku. ʻO ka ʻoʻoleʻa a me ka maʻalahi o ka lole e pili ana i ka hiki o kahi lole ke kū i ke koʻikoʻi piʻo, ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka flexural stiffness, e hōʻike ana i ka palupalu a i ʻole ka paʻakikī o ka lole. ʻO ka lole lole e pili ana i ka hiki i ka lole ke hele maoli a hana i kahi ʻili curved ma lalo o kona kaumaha ponoʻī. Ke palupalu ka lole, hana ia i ka ʻili kuʻi maʻemaʻe a ʻaʻahu me ka drape maikaʻi. Hana ʻia ka pilling a me ka pilling i ka wā e hoʻohana ai a holoi ʻia. Ma muli o ke kuʻi ʻana o ka lole, ʻike ʻia ka hopena o ka fiber ma luna o ka ʻili, e hōʻike ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona fuzzy, i kapa ʻia ʻo fuzzing. Inā ʻaʻole hāʻule kēia mau lauoho i ka manawa a pili kekahi i kekahi e hana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ua kapa ʻia ia he pilling. Hiki i ka pilling a me ka pilling ke hōʻino i ke ʻano o ka lole a hoʻemi i kona hiki ke hoʻohana. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻo nā lole maʻemaʻe a i hui ʻia paha i hana ʻia me nā fiber synthetic e maʻalahi i ka pilling a me ka pilling, a pono e hana ʻia nā hana e pale aku ai. Pono ka lole i ka hana pinepine o ka ikaika i ka hoʻohana ʻana, he mea nui loa ka hiki ke hoʻihoʻi i ka elastic maikaʻi a me ka hana anti{24}}ʻelemakule.
