xkcd #3129: Archaeology Research
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The academic archaeology establishment is suppressing my breakthroughs because of the disruption it would bring to their prepared-core flake-based toolmaking industry.
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There are some great patterns for electric looms available specifically to make really old weaves. That's basically a super modern way to do something medieval. Similar pattern exist for embroidery machines, since old-timey embroidery is generally not a thing modern machines do (well).
I'm sure there's similar things available for a knitting machine
If you want to do modern loam, you're basically buying laboratory-made, specifically mixed loam. It's very hightech really, compared to "guy walking through field to spot OK-ish loam".