Binakol refers to the unique handwoven textiles of Abra and Ilocos. The term means “twill,” referring to the weaving technique used to produce the textile. However, Pastor-Roces (1991) noted that binakol may also pertain to the shape and appearance of the motif, which she described as being spherical in form. Two colored weft yarns are used to create positive and negative tones of squares and rectangles in varying sizes (Respicio, 2015).

This textile features the kinkinelleng design, which Vasquez et al. (2020, p. 367) interpreted as a “field acre-like” pattern. Rice fields are a common sight in both Itneg and Ilocano communities, as rice cultivation remains one of their primary sources of livelihood. Like other blankets from Abra and Ilocos, this binakol blanket consists of panels of woven textiles joined by a traditional stylized stitching method known as kawa-kawa (spider) joinery (Respicio, 2015). The same stitching technique is also used to border the blanket.