Weaving Crafts

The weaving and embroidery produce blankets, carpets, tapestries, saddlebags. The rustic wooden looms still weave wool from the sheep sardines. Other materials used for weaving are cotton, always imported flax grown in the past throughout the island, silk, which Bacchus was brought up in the island, used for some garments women's clothing and wool goats. These dyes were obtained mainly from plants and minerals and, in contrast to synthetic ones, gave more reliable for durability and higher quality in the shade.
The oldest fabric: the woollen. It was the most common product of weaving until early 1800. It was an essential element of the traditional dress of Sardinia and was of different qualities depending on use and social class which was intended. With its waterproof characteristics of the goat's hair was used to pack "on Saccu de coberri" blanket cape used by shepherds as well as tents.