Inkqubo yokusika amalaphu alukiweyo ifuna ukuba umzobo woyilo uzotywe ngokusekwe kwipatheni ngaphambi kokudlulela kwinqanaba elilandelayo. Imigaqo esisiseko yoyilo "kukugqibelela, ukuba nengqiqo, kunye noqoqosho." Iimfuno eziphambili zenkqubo ngexesha lokusika zezi zilandelayo:
Amalaphu adayiweyo okanye isanti{0}}ahlanjwe ngokweebhetshi ezahlukeneyo kufuneka asikwe abezibhetshi ukunqanda ukungafani kombala kwimpahla enye. Kumalaphu anomahluko wemibala ngaphakathi kumqulu omnye, umbala{2}}uyilo olwahlukileyo kufuneka lusetyenziswe.
Xa ubeka ilaphu, bala ubuninzi kwaye ugweme iziphene.
Kwimizila enemigca okanye i-checkered, qinisekisa ukuba imivimbo kunye neetshekhi zilungelelaniswe kwaye zibekwe kwinqanaba ngalinye ngexesha lokubeka ukuqinisekisa ukuqhubeka kunye nokulinganisa imivimbo kunye nokukhangela kwengubo.
Sika iinqumlo ngokuhambelana namanqaku okulungelelanisa kwipateni.
Ukusika kufuna ukusika okuchanekileyo kunye nemigca eqondileyo, egudileyo. Umaleko welaphu akufuneki ube ngqindilili kakhulu, kwaye ukusikwa akufuneki kucinywe{1}}kumbindi phakathi kwamaleya aphezulu nasezantsi.
Xa usebenzisa i-tapered hole markings, kufuneka kuthathwe unonophelo ukuba ungachaphazeli ukubonakala kwengubo egqityiweyo. Emva kokusika, ubuninzi kunye neziqwenga kufuneka zibalwe kwaye zihlolwe. Kufuneka zidityaniswe kwaye zipakishwe ngokweenkcukacha zempahla, kunye neethegi ezincanyathiselwe ezibonisa inombolo yesimbo, indawo, kunye neenkcukacha.
Xa ubeka isambatho, qaphela ngokuthe tye kwengqolowa kunye nokuba ulwalathiso lweenkozo lweziqwenga zengubo luhlangabezana neemfuno zenkqubo. Kwiimpahla ezifakwe kwi-napped (ezifana ne-velvet, i-corduroy, njl.), Musa ukubeka ingubo ngendlela engafanelekanga, ngaphandle koko iya kuchaphazela ubunzulu bombala wengubo.
