Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Balls of newly spun wool
Teasing a thread of some sort
The pattern is progressing
Felt hat making
The sheep look neater!
Wool working or rope making?
Weaving
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A historical loom?
Felt slippers
Spinning and winding wool
Intricate work
Drawing the silk threads
The raw material
Unwinding the silk strands
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A wool carder
Weaving in progress
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hat moulds
Shaping the hat
Inserting a coloured thread
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning
Teasing thread
Yarns ready for weaving
Rope making by hand
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Rope making
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Pressing the felt
There is someone inside that!
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
spinning by hand
Weaver at work
Wool waiting spinning
A happy weaver
Rope making by hand
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Felt working
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Finished felt hats
A wintry scene
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
Unravelling the threads
A wool winder
Weaving
Starting a thread
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
wool spinning
Inserting a thread
Many threads being drawn into one
Wool spinning
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