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Spinning in the Roman World

The Ancients

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How Do You Prepare Wool for War Retribution?

Wool has to be prepared as well, so you pull it off your fleece. Combing is man's work because combs are big and heavy. It takes seven spinners, to keep a weaver busy in order to have that fibre ready for spinner. The romans would try to protect their wools, so even while it was stoll in the sheep,. Youad you can read about sheep who have been washed in wine to get a lot of the dirt off the sheep. Sometimes thy would actually comb the wool while it was till on the sheet, which helps to straighten out the crimp. And again, those aron sweaters are spun in the grease

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