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