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