It was not a single-stroke drawing of binding string, but the family crest was drawn by a line of string so a stitching technique called "okimon" (heraldry) was used in which the crest was placed with strings went under the cloth as little as possible.
綴じ糸による「一筆がき」風にはできないが、糸による線で紋を描くため、極力糸を生地にくぐらせないで留めていく「置紋」の方法を使う。