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Boya - Hand crafted wool - Rhodes Village - Eastern Cape Stefanie employs local ladies to hand work raw wool from the farms around Rhodes. The wool is carded by hand, wioth carding brushes or a rotary hand driven tool. The wool is then turned into felt entirely by hand and with a considerable amount of elbow grease. Dyes and coloured wool is introduced to the artistic mix and the end result is amazing. Strong, useful products made entirely the old fashioned way with local people and materials. Boya; wool - s.sesotho Stefanie has also run workshops in several places including two small villages in Lesotho, ( a 4 hour drive from Rhodes, over Lundean's pass, just to get to the border at Telle bridge.)
Finished felted products of the heart and the hand
The workshop in Rhodes Spinning wheels in the sunny workshop
Workshops in Lesotho
Sorting the raw wool Carding by hand
Carding Spinning
Carding on the Rotary implement Working the felt
Add colour Useful products
Matts
Oven gloves
Contact Stefanie Roux, Box 3 Rhodes 9787 - Mobile telephone: +27 (0) 82 731 37 83 and visit: http://www.walkerbouts.co.za/felt/index.html
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