Yesterday’s photo is of my host grandma putting the recently dyed wool into balls so it can be more easily woven by the grandfather. This is inside their house where they have a large weaving machine. Do you see Gramps in behind the machine? Often, they’d do these tasks related to preparing and weaving in the afternoons. This photo was actually being taken to show me at work. I started weaving a blanket and unfortunately, wasn’t fast enough and Grampa lost patience with me so he wove the entire thing. That was ok with me and I wasn’t offended at all. It’s a learned art and he’s done it for many years.

Grams has the fabric on a tarp and in the plastic bins so it doesn’t get dirty – the floors were dirt…

So, after the shearing, the spinning, the dying, this is the next step with the wool.