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

The weft is inserted by rapier rods. Suitable for a wide range of materials and complex patterns, with high precision.

Weaving tool used to beat the weft into the warp. It consisted of two horizontal rods between which reed, wooden, and later metal teeth were fixed...

They also twisted the hair from the tails of cows to weave crossbows using a wooden hook.

Winter supplementary occupation focused on the production and sale of reeds used in weaving. It was often connected with comb-making and the...

Sieve for sifting. The frame of the riečica had a round or square shape with a diameter of 25–60 cm (larger than a regular sieve). It was made from...

Ring spinning is a spindle-based method of spinning fibres, such as cotton, flax or wool, to make a yarn. The ring frame developed from the throstle...

Twisting fibers by hand is considered one of the oldest and simplest methods of producing thread without the use of tools. The technique was...

The fibers are spun in a rotating rotor; high speed, suitable for thicker yarns and recycled fibers. Open-end spinning is a technology for creating...

Scutching is a step in the processing of cotton or the dressing of flax or hemp in preparation for spinning. The scutching process separates the...

Decorative joining seams – also known locally as scinky, mešterka, zväzovka, or mrežka, these stitches were used to join two pieces of fabric or to...

Sewing on an industrial machine is a basic technological operation in clothing and textile production, in which individual parts of textiles are...

Corn husk craft – shaping corn leaves into the form of dolls.

Traditional form of sheep breeding based on seasonal grazing in different locations and altitudes. It is closely connected with cultural traditions,...

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...

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...