Unlike regular weaving, in tsumekaki hon tsurezure ori (literally nail-scratching genuine-tapestry weave), the weft is not carried through straightaway and the strands of warps are plucked, so the weaver does not use the tool to rake the weft, but has to rake the weft with the tips of his or her fingernails.
爪掻本綴織は、普通の織り方と違って横糸を一気に通さず、縦糸数本ごとに掬い上げていくので糸を締めこむための器具を使わず職人が爪で糸を締めこんでいかなければならない。