Add here your opinion, experience, and knowledge about the crafts connected to the traditional costumes of various countries and ethnic groups. Embroidery, weaving, applique, knitting, quilting, openwork, tie-dye, braiding, leathercraft, etc. Don’t forget about the photos to visualize your story.
Vintage wooden weaving loom (the mid-end of the 19th century) in detail. It is handmade and has a lot of charming details. This loom is rather complicated, it has 8 pedals and an intricate system of sheaves, so it allows to create very complicated and multicolored patterns.
Reconstruction of an ancient vertical weaving loom used by people of the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture (appr. 4800-3000 B.C.). You can see simple loom weights made of clay that served to hold the warp threads taut on a loom. Also, a stick serves as a shuttle. The loom is very primitive, but just imagine, this construction is at least 5,000 years old. It’s from Ukraine, Vinnytsia Regional Museum of Local History.
Modern wide weaving loom with 2 pedals. A lot of people still do the weaving by hand today, although we can easily find any industrially-made fabric to buy.
