Feminine words for occupations...

[neotoma]

English is a weird language. There are feminine words for some occupations, though they're so archaic that they are mainly used for surnames now.

The ones I can come up with easily are:

webster -- weaver
baxter -- baker
brewster -- brewer
spinster -- spinner

Are there others?

ETA: I was thinking about words with the -ster construction, though words with the -ess construction are equally valid.

Comments

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

weave their thread with bones

Bone could be made into any number of weaving tools. But I think it refers to cardweaving (http://neotoma.livejournal.com/60167.html), as the cards were often made of bone.

[leni-jess.livejournal.com]

Thank you for explaining; that's most helpful. (Also, the minute I started to read your response in email I thought, 'crochet'! So I haven't yet looked into whether that might be historically likely.)