Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Knitting?
Hand spinning
The pattern is progressing
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning and winding wool
Starting a thread
Knitting
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving tools in use
Yarns ready for weaving
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaver at work
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
Felt slippers
Spinning
Hat moulds
Weaving
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool working or rope making?
Rope making
A flock of sheep
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Pressing the felt
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning by hand
Felt slippers
Wool half spun
Spinning wool by hand
A wool carder
Spinning
The pile is going down
A fiddly job
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
There is someone inside that!
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Unwinding the silk strands
Rope making by hand
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool waiting spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Full length sheepskin coat
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Rope making by hand
A happy weaver
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning
A wintry scene
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Shaping the hat
Unravelling the threads
Concentration!
Drawing the silk threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Hand spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Felt hat making
Rope making the hard way
Inserting a coloured thread
Close up of the spinning process
Weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Silk cocoons
Finished felt hats
The sheep look neater!
Making a felt hat
Silk larva and the cocoon
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