Old Photograph Crofters Carding Wool Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters carding wool in a cottage on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Cloth making was women’s work and the tedious chores were often enlivened by groups of carders and spinners coming together to sing while they toiled. Before the Cheviot and Blackface sheep were introduced to the Islands, the small native tan-faced sheep was shorn for its wool.



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