“Women manufactured the cloth and mostly did it at home, but there were workshops run by noblemen. Beating and combing turned the flax plants into fibers, which could be spun into thread. he weaving was done at first on horizontal looms, which were often just pegs rammed into the ground, where the workers had to crouch on the floor. The tools such as knives, scissors and needles changed over the centuries. Blades were made from flint and bone during the Neolithic, then from copper, from bronze during the Middle Kingdom and finally from iron.
“The dress that was worn was like tunics made of linen with fringes hanging about the legs, called “calasiris,” and loose white woolen cloaks over these. The clothes were generally kept simple: a short loincloth resembling a kilt for men, a dress with straps for women. These basic garments with minor variations accounting for social status and wealth didn’t change much through Egypt’s history. (http://www.frcu.eun.eg/www/universities/html/hamed2.htm)”