Crazy Useful
Your Guide to the Cottage Industry Revolution
Tag: wool processing
Word of the Day: Fuller
A fuller’s job is to “full” raw wool; that is, to remove the lanolin and other greasy impurities from the fibers to whiten it and prepare it for spinning and weaving. In the European tradition, this usually done through the use of fuller’s earth… Continue Reading “Word of the Day: Fuller”
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