Local handicraft production mainly consists of weaving traditional Maya textiles, mostly cotton but also wool, depending on the local climate.

They also brewed ale, sewed, washed, made thread for the cobblers, and wove wool.

The Germans wove linen and wool and became ironsmiths.

IN the morning, a few miles outside of Guide, we spotted a woman who was weaving dark wool on what appeared to be a giant loom.

Several teams will compete in shearing, spinning and weaving wool into shawls that will be put up for sale.

The women spun and wove flax and wool.

In some of surviving Koledo songs, Koledari sing they are coming along and "weaving black wool".

The Daughters of Liberty used their traditional skills to weave and spin yarn and wool into fabric, known as "homespun".

These were used initially to weave not wool, but cotton, by a man called Samuel Swaine in the 18th century.

Originally, weaving and spinning wool was a handicraft practiced at home, rather than an industry.