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