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

The textile industry wove cotton produced in the South.

The Pinckneys brought looms onto the plantations and set the servants to weaving cotton and wool for their clothes, but then Eliza decided to try her hand at silk as well.

It was used to weave cotton and is still in use today, even though the river no longer provides the power.

Following the invention of the flying shuttle for weaving cotton in 1733 the demand for spun cotton increased enormously in England.

The inhabitants were farmers who also hunted small game, made elaborately decorated pottery, and wove cotton obtained by trade.

One has only to think of the remarkable story of growing, harvesting, and weaving cotton with its social and industrial history to realize the enormous learning potential of such a project.

People of the Sourastras caste engage in weaving cotton, artsilk, pure silk sarees and cloths.

The costumes are woven white cotton.

In various parts of Mexico, both native backstrap looms and pedal-driven looms of European origin are used to weave principally cotton and wool.