Pattu is a rough wool which is used for making woolen clothes. Pattu industry is said to have been well organized during the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin.Pattu industry also received patronage of the Mughal emperors.Cheap warm clothes made of Pattu are popular and are mostly worn by the rural population.

Sheep wool, known as pattu, is used to make the shawls, blankets, mufflers, caps etc. Artisans use a chakku , a wooden spindle roughly the size of a person’s hand, to transform the wool into yarn. The chakku is dowel-shaped with both ends tapering into points. The yarn thus spun is woven into cloth on a loom – known locally as waan.