Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool waiting spinning
Rope making the hard way
A lot of wool to be spun
There is someone inside that!
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning
Concentration!
Keeping warm with the sheep
Pressing the felt
Spinning wool by hand
Silk cocoons
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
Drawing silk into skeins
Silk being drawn into yarn
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Knitting?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A silk moth.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
Finished felt hats
Felt working
spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
Drawing silk threads
Drawing the silk threads
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making
Many threads being drawn into one
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning and winding wool
A wool winder
Intricate work
Teasing a thread of some sort
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Unravelling the threads
Hat moulds
Unwinding the silk strands
Shaping the hat
A wool carder
The pattern is progressing
Hat moulds
Inserting a thread
Wool spinning by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Weaving
wool spinning
The raw material
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaving tools in use
Rope making by hand
Felt slippers
Inserting a coloured thread
Dressed for the weather.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaver at work
A wintry scene
A fiddly job
The pile is going down
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Making a felt hat
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
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