Editing Textile arts (section)

=== Flax ===
[[File:Mummy Cloth Fragment MET 43868.jpg|thumb|Linen (flax) cloth that was used in mummification.]]
Flax is believed to be the oldest fiber that was used to create textiles, as it was found in the tombs of mummies from as early as 6500 B.C.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Maier|first1=Ursula|last2=Schlichtherle|first2=Helmut|date=November 1, 2011|title=Flax cultivation and textile production in Neolithic wetland settlements on Lake Constance and in Upper Swabia (south-west Germany)|journal=Vegetation History and Archaeobotany|language=en|volume=20|issue=6|pages=567–578|doi=10.1007/s00334-011-0300-8|s2cid=129757770 |issn=0939-6314}}</ref> The fibers from the flax are taken from the filaments in the stem of the plant, spun together to create long strands, and then woven into long pieces of linen that were used from anything from bandages to clothing and tapestries.<ref name=":2" /> Each fiber's length depends on the height of the leaf that it is serving, with 10 filaments in a bundle serving each leaf on the plant. Each filament is the same thickness, giving it a consistency that is ideal for spinning yarn.<ref name=":0" /> The yarn was best used on warping boards or warping reels to create large pieces of cloth that could be dyed and woven into different patterns to create elaborate tapestries and embroideries.<ref name=":1" />  One example of how linen was used is in the picture of a bandage that a mummy was wrapped in, dated between 305 and 30 B.C. Some of the bandages were painted with hieroglyphs if the person being buried was of importance to the community.