Wool works in Piazza di Foza, August 30, 2015 Altopiano di Asiago

Sunday 30 November 2015 in Foza, Asiago plateau, in the day dedicated to Foza Sheep and herding tradition, will take place on the initiative of the wool works with: demonstrations in piazza delle arti e dei mestieri dedicated to wool processing, typical products, theme menus in restaurants around the country, lectures and guided tours to the ethnographic museum.

The work programme of the wool in Piazza di Foza

10.00 a.m. and all day

• demonstration of ancient arts and crafts: wood carving, basket weavingproduction, construction of crowns and necklaces, straw weaving to get bags and hats; There will also be the taxidermist of chairs, the manufacturer of pedal spinning machines, the accordion player;
• stalls selling typical products: pecorino cheese and dried meat (characteristic foods of our pastors), mountain cheeses, jams, herbs, saffron, potatoes of Rotzo, old varieties of barley and spinning frames, hats and slippers boiled wool, wool clothing and hemp and handicrafts women of Foza.
• packed with themed menus in the restaurants and bars in the country.

From 14.30 wool works

• Sheep shearing of Foza breedwool cleaning, carding, spinning through molten rock and foot flyer, dyeing with vegetable matter, felting, weaving loom, knitting needles and crochet
• Washing of wool in the tub; carding with Thistles. spinning through the rock and
  flyer or foot; composition of skeins and balls with aspo and spinning wheel; dyeing with plant substances; felting; weaving looms four harnesses; visiting and needlescrochet

17.30 hours

• Award ceremony Oobart and performance of folk group Storicanti will perform folk songs at the Museum

FOZA MUSEUM throughout the day

• Guided tours and films on sheep farming