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Chechia Felt-Cap Workshop

Also known as Chechia · شاشية

Chechia Felt-Cap Workshop: photograph by IssamBarhoumi
Photo: IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Move a knitted wool cap through the real steps (knit, full by trampling, tease with thistle, dye vermilion, block on a mould, brush) by timing each station for even felting.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Tunisia.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Mediterranean.

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