Method of joining fibers, threads, rods, or other elements by crossing, twisting, looping, or interlacing them. In the territory of present-day Slovakia, techniques for braiding bast, grass stalks, leather strips, and similar materials were probably known as early as the Paleolithic period. Braiding was used to make everyday objects such as baskets, sieves, fishing tools, wire products, footwear, belts, caps, lace, and other textile forms.
Materials
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Pig bristles
Pig bristles – Pig hair is not a common material in the textile industry and was used mainly as an emergency or supplementary material. In Slovakia,...
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Húžva (willow withies)
Húžva is a traditional Slovak term for a narrow, long, flexible strip of bast, bark, or wood obtained from trees—most commonly willow, hazel,...

