Clean water is poured into the suki-bune (a lidless wooden box [vat]), then the white fibres are added, then the cloth bag that contains the nirejiru is placed inside the vat and some of the contents squeezed out. Then a bamboo rod is used to mix the contents of the vat in a circular motion, then a large rake is used to mix the contents thoroughly while adding more fibres.
Using a wooden sukiketa [papermaking frame and screen] containing a su [screen] made of bamboo or the inner part of straw, using both hands, the mixture is scooped up. Then with swift motions the remaining water (sutemizu) is sloughed off using both hands gripping tightly. The fibres will remain thinly, evenly on the surface of the su. This will become one sheet of paper