綾あや糸いと

noun

colored thread; thread for cat's cradle; heddle thread

Refers to dyed or colored thread, especially used in weaving or for playing cat's cradle (あやとり). Also a technical term for heddle thread in loom weaving.

• あやとりをするために、綾あや糸いとを買かった。

  I bought colored thread to play cat's cradle.

• 機はた織おりでは、綾あや糸いとが経糸たていとの上じょう下げを制せい御ぎょする。

  In weaving, the heddle thread controls the raising and lowering of the warp threads.