The Process of a Sweater: Medieval Times

• Farmer: raises and breeds the sheep. He’s the one who shaves the sheep, and puts it in a bag. He sells the wool to the
• Spinner: spins the strands of wool into yarn. The spinner then sells the yarn to a
• Weaver: takes a loom (new invention!) and weave wool cloth. The weaver then takes the fabric and sells it to the
• Fuller: Ok, the wool came off a sheep, an animal. It’s abrasive, itchy, and nasty. So the fuller’s job is to relax the wool. They put the fabric in a bowl of urine and stomp on it. FYI, the urine is often taxed. Like a tax collector will come to your house and take not only your money but also your pee. The fuller will sell the clean fresh cloth to a
• Dyer: When the fuller takes the fabric out, it’s clean but looks icky. So the dyer’s job is to make it look nicer. After dying the fabric, the dyer sells the finished fabric to the
• Finisher: who sews and cuts it who then sells the finished sweater to a
• Merchant: who loads it on a ship and sells it to a
• Consumer: who wears the product?

The above is still simplified. This process actually takes a really long time, like months even today, to complete.