Traditional craft focused on the dyeing of textiles. On the territory of present-day Slovakia, dyers primarily specialized in the coloring of linen...

Electrospinning is a modern technology for producing very thin fibers (nanofibers) from polymer solutions or melts using a strong electric field....

Technique of decorating textiles or leather by arranging stitches with a needle and thread, and later also with a sewing machine. In Slovak folk...

Embroidery made with gold or silver metal thread, or with fine spiral metal thread known as bouillon. Because of its precious appearance, it was...

Enzymatic fiberizing is a technological process in which plant-based fibrous materials are separated into individual fibers using biological enzymes...

Embroidery made by punching, cutting out and sewing holes according to a pre-drawn pattern. Holes of various shapes are left empty or filled with...

Technique related to felting, but applied to woven woolen textiles rather than loose fibers. Fulling was used to finish homespun, craft, and...

Special needle with small reverse barbs on its surface. When repeatedly pushed through wool fibers, it catches and entangles the fibers, gradually...

A hemp fibre cutter is a specialised machine designed for cutting and dividing hemp stems into smaller pieces before further processing. It enables...

Fibre formation is the process by which continuous or staple fibres are produced from natural, regenerated or synthetic raw materials. In the...

Fibre grading is the process of classifying fibres according to characteristics such as length, fineness, strength, colour, cleanliness and...

Fibre opening is the process of loosening, separating and aerating compressed fibre masses before carding or other preparation stages. The operation...

Synthetic fibers are formed from melt, solution or vapor (melt, wet, dry spinning). Spinning is a manufacturing process for creating polymer fibers....

Fulling craft – a craft concerned with fulling woolen cloth in a fulling mill. In most cloth-making centers, fulling was carried out by cloth-makers...

Mechanical device used for fulling woolen fabric into dense cloth. It was powered by an overshot water wheel and, in the 20th century, also by...

Gel spinning (also called semi-melt spinning) is a special technology for producing fibers from polymers that uses an intermediate "gel" state to...

Domestic and craft production involving the weaving and sometimes sewing of traditional woolen blankets and garments known as guby. Domestic weaving...

Hackling is a combing process used primarily for bast fibres such as hemp and flax. Fibres are drawn through progressively finer metal combs to...

Manual joining of two or more layers of fabric using a needle and thread. It is one of the oldest techniques for making and repairing clothing and...

Sequence of agricultural operations connected to the harvesting of ripe grain. The oldest harvesting methods included manual plucking of grain,...