Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning by hand
Making a felt hat
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Knitting?
Knitting
A wool winder
Keeping warm with the sheep
Dressed for the weather.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Hand spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Inserting a thread
Spinning
The pile is going down
The raw material
Close up of the spinning process
The pattern is progressing
Teasing a thread of some sort
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaver at work
Weaving in progress
Wool working or rope making?
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Unravelling the threads
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Many threads being drawn into one
A silk moth.
Weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Hand spinning
A historical loom?
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Shaping the hat
Felt hat making
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
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