Bret Devereaux has a nice series of blogs of ancient cloth-making, mostly from the Roman times. https://acoup.blog/2021/03/05/collections-clothing-how-did-they-

Bret Devereaux has a nice series of blogs of ancient cloth-making, mostly from the Roman times. https://acoup.blog/2021/03/05/collections-clothing-how-did-they-make-it-part-i-high-fiber/ https://acoup.blog/2021/03/05/collections-clothing-how-did-t... A long read - you get to part III before he even gets to spinning the thread, which btw was by far the most labor-extensive part of textile production.