| Different streets were allotted for different professions such as potters, weavers, dyers, jewellers, and bakers. |
| The Pattushalis and the Devangis weave both warp and weft since centuries and the Pattushalis are the fine khadi weavers. |
| This was not the case in parts of Ulster, where a substantial proportion of linen weavers were not independent producers but wage-workers. |
| Merina weavers use a technique known as akotyfahana, produced on a horizontal, fixed-heddle loom with a continuous weft and warp. |
| In Kanchipuram, a centre of silk weaving, male weavers alone were recognised by the government cooperatives. |
| Silver wire was used by embroiderers, lace-makers and weavers for embellishing high-quality fabrics. |
