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Combing wool in Trás-os-Montes
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Combing wool in Trás-os-Montes

(...) it's the universality of the combing technique that Ti Paula uses. It's the same one I use (and I didn't learn to comb in Portugal), and it's also the same one that anyone who combs wool in the world uses, in most cases. In Miranda do Douro or on the other side of the world, wool is combed in essentially the same way and something as simple as this makes us understand that despite cultural differences, human beings face the same challenges and end up with the same solutions.

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[wip] Portuguese wool - a practical guide

[wip] Portuguese wool - a practical guide

Well, There's a problem that I just never have...    
Did I know that transforming bags of raw wool from every corner of our country into teeny-tiny envelopes like these would be so much work? Of course not. And I'm glad I didn’t, otherwise I would have chickened out.

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