Natural Fiber - Natural Color Established in 1929 as a working cotton gin, The Cotton Gin is a unique shopping adventure in an atmosphere of bygone days. From the attic to cellar and ginning building to seed room, The Cotton Gin is chock-full of textiles loomed in North Carolina, nostalgia from Currituck's waterfowl heritage, and country crafts and accessories. The Cotton Gin is a country-market kind of place, an unusual setting for a most delightful shopping experience. We're at the hub of excitement, tinged with a touch of the past, colorful, rustic and quaint. Growing colored cotton began thousands of years ago, around 2700 B.C., in Indo-Pak