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Bible Life
& Times
Women’s
Clothing in Biblical Times:
The Production of Fabric
by
Lorrina
Now, although Adam and his wife were both naked, neither
of them felt any shame (Genesis 2:25).
When sin came that glory
left.
The women were largely responsible for the production of
all clothing. Clothing in ancient Israel was usually woolen fabric or
linen.
Wool could be dyed or left it's natural colour. Women
helped to tend the animals in the flock. They sorted and carded the wool
after the sheep and goats had been shorn. The wool was spun into lengths
of fabric with portable looms.
Flax was grown and harvested for linen. It was then
dried. The flax was carded and spun into either fine or course linen
strips. Linen produced by the Egyptians would be woven extremely fine.
The women prepared various colours of dye. Blue came
from wood, yellow from pomegranate, lilac from myrtle, etc. Even the
poorest Jewish women used vegetable dye to get a range of colours for
their clothes. Flax didn't take dye well.
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