Implants suitable for soft tissue repair

A method of forming an implantable web for soft tissue repair comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a substrate onto a movable tray,
• b) laying a plurality of laid yarns onto a first side of a substrate via a laying guide element,
• c) threading a needle including a first threading yarn from the first side of the substrate through the substrate to a second side of the substrate and around a second threading yarn,
• d) returning the needle to the first side of the substrate with a portion of the first and second threading yarns to form a locking stitch around at least one of the plurality of laid yarns and locking the laid yarn into position on the substrate and relative to other laid yarns,
• e) advancing some combination of the movable tray, substrate, laying guide element, or needle to extend the first and second threading yarns along the laid yarn a certain length before repeating steps c) and d).