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