Ix Chebel Yax was also known as the Goddess of the Sun.

Pre-Columbian Civilizations
According to other traditions, the Sun (male) was the patron of hunting and music, and the Moon (female) was the goddess of weaving and childbirth.

Weaving Women
Weaving and decorating cloth are important and honored skills in villages all over Central America. This has been true since pre-Columbian times. In the religion of the Maya, the goddess Ix Chel is the patroness of weaving. Among the Aztecs, it was customary to hold weaving tools over a baby girl's head soon after she was born, to ensure that she would become a good weaver

This site also has information about the textiles of Latin America, weaving on a backstrap loom, and the life of a family that weaves.

The Maya Race
Detailed information on Mayan culture, archaeology and history.

Weaving the Fabric of the Cosmos
The attributes and function of Yaxper suggest that she may represent a Tz'utujil version of Ixchel (meaning "Lady Rainbow") the ancient Maya goddess of the moon, childbirth, and weaving who also wears a bound serpent headdress and participates in ceremonies associated with birth and creation.
Taube 1994:658).