“In the next room you will see how the dyeing is done,”the guide continued. “We use revolving machines which scatter the wool as they whirl rapidly around. Besides these machines, we use others to keep the wool spread and turned. In spite of all our care, the wool often becomes matted and must therefore be picked apart again. So we pass it through these revolving drums which, you see, have sets of spikes on them. As the spikes on the different drums turn, they catch in the wool and pick it all apart; so it is again light and fluffy as it was before.”

“Yes, it does! That is just the trouble. Therefore we are forced to put some oil back into it; otherwise it would be so harsh and stiff that we could do nothing with it. We put the thin layers of wool into these machines which carry them along to an apparatus that sprays them evenly with oil. We use olive oil, but some manufacturers prefer lard oil or vegetable oil.”