Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Felt working
Weaving
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Felt slippers
A happy weaver
A proper sheepskin coat!
Teasing thread
Concentration!
Shaping the hat
All keeping warm in the cold.
The raw material
A wintry scene
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
Knitting
Gathering something, but what?
Close up of the spinning process
Weaving in progress
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Yarns ready for weaving
Dressed for the weather.
The sheep look neater!
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hand spinning
Spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Drawing silk threads
spinning by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving
Competing for the woolliest coat.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hat moulds
Keeping warm with the sheep
Making a felt hat
Spinning
Weaving
Spinning wool by hand
Inserting a thread
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Starting a thread
A lot of wool to be spun
Hand spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Pressing the felt
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