Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Drawing silk threads
Rope making
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Making a felt hat
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving in progress
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A happy weaver
Weaving in progress
Spinning
Felt slippers
Unwinding the silk strands
Hand spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Hat moulds
Inserting a coloured thread
Concentration!
Starting a thread
Knitting?
Felt hat making
Felt slippers
Concentration on the job
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving tools in use
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning
Intricate work
A wool winder
Spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
The raw material
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving
Knitting
Hat moulds
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
A fiddly job
Many threads being drawn into one
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Rope making by hand
Shaping the hat
Silk being drawn into yarn
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
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