Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
Wool spinning
Felt slippers
Wool working or rope making?
The pattern is progressing
A fiddly job
A proper sheepskin coat!
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Intricate work
Rope making by hand
Rope making the hard way
Hat moulds
Teasing a thread of some sort
The pile is going down
A wool carder
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A wool winder
Weaving
Full length sheepskin coat
Concentration!
Knitting?
Hand spinning
Finished felt hats
Spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
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