Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
A wool winder
Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making by hand
Rope making
Competing for the woolliest coat.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Rope making the hard way
Knitting?
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving in progress
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
Teasing thread
Full length sheepskin coat
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool waiting spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
A fiddly job
Weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool working or rope making?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Felt hat making
Weaving tools in use
There is someone inside that!
Keeping warm with the sheep
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