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