![Petrie Museum historic wooden high whorl hand spindles](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6143/6008645018_6318cc2c7b.jpg)
I didn't just see socks at the Petrie Museum at University College London - I noticed a few other interesting bits of textile as well.
![Ancient Egyptian top whorl drop spindles history](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6006/6008664482_481165f10c.jpg)
Right next to the socks was a collection of spindles - these are what first caught my attention. You'll notice one of them has a hook - meaning it was used as a high-whorl spindle.
![Flax skein and balls of ancient egyptian yarn](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/6008093723_5a5dce9f67.jpg)
There were also some balls of vegetable fiber yarn, made from flax or rushes. It boggles the mind that this sort of stuff has survived over the centuries - textiles are terribly fragile, compared to say artifacts made from stone or metal or even wood.
There was even some intact netting made with similar thread - the caption says this netting is made "with fine thread and complicated knots".
![Egyptian historical textiles extant sample of flax netting](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/6008094963_43d66302a9.jpg)
See all of my Egyptian textile photos from the Petrie museum on Flickr.
~Joyuna
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