dyeing linen

[Doc]

I have a normal red wool tunic and wool focale (blue and red). However, as was pointed out, in Egypt there is evidence for linen. Thus I made for myself three linen tunics/focales (white: vesta candida, red and green since on the tombstone reconstruction of one centurion, it is believed to be a green tunic of course there is no evidence for the material). However, I am also in the market for a nice white wool tunic.

I have to agree with Lepidina, that categorizing with clothing is not exactly the way to go. I think of Roman society since they were human like us, to make choices as we do. We wear appropiate clothing for certain events but when casusal people just throw on what they have and what is clean-maybe.

I also agree that summer weight wool is quite light. However, I also tend to believe that linen would have been used when hot as well. I do not think that we can categorically put linen on the back burner of rarity.
I also think that linen was used to make undetunics? (I think I read this somewhere but do not recall)

I also agree that the wools would have been of different softness. Some people think that the comercially available wool tunics that do not show the herringbone or diamond pattern are wrong since they appear to have a fluffy surface without texture. However, if we consider that they treated the wool with quills or wood teeth (I forgot the term), you would get that texture apparent on the modern reconstructions void of the pattern.