The craft of weaving has its roots in the depths of the aeons. It was known throughout Cyprus. All the dresses were woven in the "voufa" (weaving machine) with local material such as cotton, wool, and silk.

The cotton items were made with cotton that was produced all over Cyprus. The cotton of Cyprus was a one-year plant, planted in May and ending in September.

From cotton to textile.

After the cotton plant matured, they opened its nuts and one could see the all-white cotton, starting its picking. Then it had to be de-seeded. They would run it through the "anemodoulapo" (kind of metal spindle used for ginning cotton), also called "apparos" (horse) because the woman that handled it had to straddle it. All of the cotton was run through this tool and the cottonseed was removed. The de-seeded cotton had to be carded. The "Toxari" (bow, carding machine) is a wooden tool that has a curve like a bow. A string made of lamb's intestines was fastened to its open side. They placed the cotton upon a sheet and had the "Toxari" adjacent to is surface. They would strike the string with the "laoutia" (a special wooden tool). The string would pulsate and remove the surfacing cotton, making it fluffy. They separated the fluffy cotton and continued. The fluffy cotton was turned to a wisp in the shape of a ball. A small piece of the wisp was called "kollain" (the beginning of the thread). They took a "kollain" and using the "adrakti" or "roka" (distaff) they turned it into a thread. From the distaff it was transferred to the "apilikton" (winder) and from there the thread was transferred to the "anemi" (spinning wheel). From the spinning wheel and through the spindle it was wound in reed-made reels. From these reels -and through another process -the thread was unfolded and turned to a long bundle bearing a few hundreds of threads.

Afterwards the winding of the bundle was done in the weaving machine's breast beam with the aid of the "kteni" (comb, special tool).