Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Keeping warm with the sheep
There is someone inside that!
Close up of the spinning process
Shaping the hat
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
A wool carder
wool spinning
Intricate work
spinning by hand
Spinning by hand
A historical loom?
Making a felt hat
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
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