He mea whakamahana ringa, he mea tiaki mahi rānei ngā karapu, ā, he mea whakapaipai anō hoki. He mea tino motuhake ngā karapu. Kāore i hangaia mō te mahi i te tīmatanga, engari i ēnei rā anake kua hiahiatia hei tiaki i te wera i ngā wāhi makariri, hei tiaki rānei i ngā hua ārai mate me ngā hua tiaki ahumahi. Ka wehea ngā karapu ki te tuitui, te whatu, te tō, me ētahi atu, e ai ki te tikanga whakaputa. Engari i tua atu i ngā karapu i te tikanga tuku iho, he hohonu ake te tikanga o ngā karapu o ēnei rā, he rerekē rawa atu i ngā karapu tuku iho. Nā te pikinga ake o ngā kēmu ipurangi, kua puta ake ai ngā ingoa maha o ngā taputapu kēmu. Nā te nui o ngā kaitākaro kēmu, inā koa ki ngā ahumahi tuku iho, he nui ake ngā mōhiohio karapu i runga i te Ipurangi e pā ana ki ngā taputapu kēmu ipurangi. Ko ngā karapu ngā mea tuatahi i ahu mai i Kariki onamata.

Whakarōpūtia mā te tikanga whakaputa
Ka wehea ngā karapu ki te tuitui, te whatu, te tō, me ētahi atu, e ai ki te tikanga whakaputa. Ka tapahia, ka tuia hoki ngā karapu mai i ngā momo hiako, rapa, whatu, whatu rānei. Ka hangaia ngā karapu whatu ki ngā miro parakore, ki ngā miro whakaranu rānei o ngā momo muka kakahu, ka whatuhia ki runga i te mīhini karapu, ka tukatukahia mā te tuitui, pērā i te whakapūmau, te here, te tuitui i ngā pito o ngā maihao me ngā marau maihao, me ētahi atu, kātahi ka paraihehia, ka mirahia rānei, ka whakamahanahia kia rite ki ngā hua. Ko te whakaritenga o ngā karapu whatu ko te tuitui papatahi, te tuitui taha, te tuke, te leno, me ētahi atu, ā, ko ngā momo kāhua ataahua ko te tae noa me te tae miro jacquard. Me matotoru ngā karapu hei tiaki i te mahi, ā, ko ētahi ka pania ki te kirihou i te mata hei whakapai ake i te ātete ki te kakahu, te ārai-paheke, me te mahi ā-wai. Me ataahua ngā karapu whakapaipai, ā, ko te nuinga o ēnei ka tukatukahia mā te toi pērā i te whakairo me te whakairo.
Whakarōpūtia e ngā rauemi
E ai ki te rauemi, ka wehea ngā karapu ki te miro miro, te miro ngohengohe, te hiako, te muka moroiti, te kakahu, te rapa, me ētahi atu.

Ngā rauemi me ngā muka e whakamahia whānuitia ana mō te hanga karapu: Mō te umanga karapu, ko te mōhiotanga taketake me mātau ko ngā muka kakahu i roto i ngā rauemi mata mō te hanga. Engari he maha ngā momo muka karapu me ngā ingoa rerekē. I te tere o te whanaketanga o te pūtaiao me te hangarau, kua puta ake he maha atu ngā rauemi hou, ngā hangarau hou, me ngā tukanga hou, nō reira he maha ngā momo rauemi e whakamahia ana, engari ko ētahi ko ngā mea tino taketake me mōhiotia i roto i tēnei umanga.