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