[Ansteorra] cotton in period

[Claude Anthony Penny]

I remember reading that the Arabs had a primitive type of a cotton gin.
It was compsed of knots on ropes that was pulled through the cotton
bolls.  If I remember, a lot of the cotton was used as weft fibers,
because spinning strong, tight cotton thread was difficult. I believe
that the mixed fabric was used as cheap blanket-type material in Italy.

Cairenn
who has entirely TOO much info about way TOO many fields