Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Making a felt hat
Concentration!
Hand spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
Concentration on the job
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
The pattern is progressing
spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Weaver at work
A happy weaver
Teasing thread
Spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
wool spinning
Knitting?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A wool winder
Spinning
Wool spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Inserting a thread
Wool awaiting spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Drawing silk into skeins
Rope making by hand
Weaving
Wool waiting spinning
There is someone inside that!
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool spinning by hand
Starting a thread
Finished felt hats
Weaving in progress
Many threads being drawn into one
Wool spinning
Weaving
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