Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Inserting a thread
wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Full length sheepskin coat
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Inserting a coloured thread
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Spinning and winding wool
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning
Spinning wool by hand
A fiddly job
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Concentration!
Wool awaiting spinning
There is someone inside that!
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning
Wool spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt slippers
Starting a thread
Weaver at work
spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
A happy weaver
The pile is going down
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
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