Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving
Dressed for the weather.
Weaving in progress
Close up of the spinning process
The sheep look neater!
Rope making by hand
A historical loom?
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Hand spinning
A wool carder
Intricate work
Keeping warm with the sheep
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool working or rope making?
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool half spun
Teasing thread
Teasing a thread of some sort
Felt working
Wool spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Knitting?
Weaving
Starting a thread
Knitting
Wool spinning the traditional way.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Shaping the hat
A flock of sheep
Gathering something, but what?
Hat moulds
Unwinding the silk strands
wool spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Yarns ready for weaving
A wintry scene
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