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