Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
The pile is going down
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving
Hand spinning
Spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning
A wool carder
Silk being drawn into yarn
Drawing the silk threads
Teasing thread
Spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
Keeping warm with the sheep
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Spinning
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool working or rope making?
Shaping the hat
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning by hand
Wool half spun
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Wool waiting spinning
spinning by hand
Weaver at work
Unravelling the threads
A sheepskin collar and coat
Weaving
Concentration on the job
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Felt working
Inserting a coloured thread
Drawing silk into skeins
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Hand spinning
Drawing silk threads
Finished felt hats
Felt slippers
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
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