Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool waiting spinning
A happy weaver
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Pressing the felt
Spinning by hand
Finished felt hats
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving
Felt hat making
The pile is going down
Wool spinning
Concentration on the job
Drawing the silk threads
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Rope making the hard way
Drawing silk into skeins
Felt slippers
Wool awaiting spinning
Concentration!
spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Weaver at work
The raw material
Knitting
Spinning
A wool carder
Weaving
A wool winder
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A flock of sheep
Hat moulds
Weaving in progress
Spinning wool by hand
A wintry scene
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool half spun
Teasing a thread of some sort
Soaking the silk cocoons
Teasing thread
Felt slippers
A lot of wool to be spun
Weaving tools in use
Wool working or rope making?
Wool spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Gathering something, but what?
Intricate work here.
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