Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning
Weaving in progress
A wool carder
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaver at work
Gathering something, but what?
Pressing the felt
Concentration!
A silk moth.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Knitting
The pattern is progressing
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Starting a thread
Felt slippers
Weaving
Rope making by hand
Wool spinning
The raw material
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning
Finished felt hats
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