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