Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Rope making by hand
The pile is going down
Weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Knitting?
Silk cocoons
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
All keeping warm in the cold.
The sheep look neater!
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool half spun
Concentration!
Felt working
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Shaping the hat
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
Weaver at work
Wool awaiting spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Keeping warm with the sheep
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool spinning by hand
A fiddly job
Pressing the felt
Weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Drawing silk threads
Wool spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Drawing silk into skeins
A wool carder
Knitting
Spinning wool by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Felt hat making
A flock of sheep
Hat moulds
spinning by hand
Rope making
Spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
wool spinning
Weaving
Weaving in progress
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning
Silk cocoons
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Starting a thread
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Dressed for the weather.
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