Stitch in Time: A History of Clothing the Family (ep. 7.2)

Her Half of History · May 12, 2022 · 26m

The drama of housewifery continues with the most time-consuming task there is: spinning, weaving, and sewing. There are four major natural fibers, and they are flax, cotton, wool, and silk. Each of the great civilizations, plus most of the not-so-great ones, had at least one of the those to work with, and women were (usually) responsible) for getting the fiber from plant (or animal) to fashion statement. Here's how the did (and also didn't) get it done.

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