According to Ms. Ligon, the emphasis on traditional textile crafts makes the Sievers School special.

They are commonly used in tie dye and other textile crafts.

The economy is based on textile crafts with the manufacture of jarapas and carpets.

It is famed for its hand-made textile crafts, woven carpets, and wall hangings in native traditional patterns.

It offers courses in textile craft and design, cabinet making, furniture design, interior carpentry, ceramics, and organic horticulture.

The spinners who accompanied the St Stephen's knitters represent the older tradition of textile crafts.

The definition may expand to include related textile crafts such as a crochet hook or tatting shuttles.

Throughout the years, LMM has also hosted continuing education classes in allied disciplines such as creative writing, book binding, book repair, drawing, cartooning, textile crafts among others.

Most of the people are engaged in subsistence agriculture, with some keeping cattle and goats, and with women producing textile crafts for a source of cash.

Over the years, Ritu Kumar's work as a fashion designer has shown a progression, which has matured beyond textile crafts.