Wool harvesting – the earliest method of obtaining wool was probably collecting it during the spring and autumn shedding of sheep. Before the La...

A shuttle is a tool designed to neatly and compactly store a holder that carries the thread of the weft yarn while weaving with a loom. Shuttles are...

A shuttle loom is a traditional weaving machine that uses a shuttle to carry the weft threads (crosswise) over the warp threads (longitudinal) in...

Home-made and artisanal production of knitted or sewn slippers. Slippers were knitted with five needles until the 18th century. An older form of...

Processing of flax and hemp, in which the woody part of the stem rots under the action of bacteria and is separated from the fibers. Natural...

Tool for twisting fibers into thread. It consisted of a drum and usually a removable or fixed weight with the drum, thanks to which it was possible...

Manual spinning is a traditional textile technology in which loose fibers are drawn out, aligned, and twisted into a continuous thread. The process...

A spinning machine is a mechanical textile device designed for the production of yarn from loose fibers. Its primary function is to draw, align,...

Device used for twisting fibers into yarn. From approximately the 14th century onward, and particularly from the 1720s, the spindle spinning wheel...

Frame Knitting (also known as sprang or sprang weaving) is an ancient textile technique in which an elastic fabric structure is created by...

(nožná stupa, lamalnica) – a tool in the form of a trough for separating the woody part of hemp from the fiber. It stood on four legs and the hemp...

Steam explosion is a fibre treatment technology in which plant materials are exposed to high-pressure steam followed by rapid decompression. The...

Technique in which a bundle of straw is shaped into the desired form while being wrapped and sewn with split willow rods or thin wooden strips. It...

The most commonly used tool for shearing sheep until the mid-20th century was string or articulated shears.

A yarn swift is a traditional textile tool used for holding skeins of yarn during winding, reeling or preparation for weaving and knitting....

Tablet weaving – a technique using small square or rectangular tablets made of wood, bone, leather, or plastic, with holes in the corners through...

Craft focused on sewing men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing and linen. It became an independent craft in the 13th and 14th centuries. The first...

Textile finishing is the final stage of textile manufacturing, comprising mechanical, chemical or combined treatments applied to fabrics, yarns or...

Technology for processing used or waste textile materials, such as garments or production scraps, that are no longer suitable for wear. Through...

Textile technique in which yarn is inserted by hand into a base fabric using a manual tufting tool or tufting needle. It is used to create rugs,...