Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Felt slippers
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Knitting?
Wool spinning
Weaving in progress
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Rope making the hard way
Soaking the silk cocoons
A proper sheepskin coat!
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Yarns ready for weaving
Pressing the felt
A flock of sheep
Inserting a coloured thread
Spinning
Wool working or rope making?
Wool spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Spinning by hand
Spinning
A historical loom?
Finished felt hats
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
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