Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Inserting a thread
A wool winder
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Unravelling the threads
wool spinning
Weaving
Spinning and winding wool
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving
Spinning
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
Wool spinning by hand
Felt working
Finished felt hats
Shaping the hat
The pile is going down
Soaking the silk cocoons
Balls of newly spun wool
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Close up of the spinning process
A historical loom?
Silk cocoons
Wool working or rope making?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaver at work
Teasing thread
Wool spinning
Weaving
Unwinding the silk strands
Pressing the felt
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning
Weaving tools in use
Rope making
A fiddly job
Spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Knitting
Knitting?
Felt hat making
Inserting a coloured thread
Drawing the silk threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool half spun
Spinning wool by hand
Concentration!
Weaving in progress
A wintry scene
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Any ideas what he is doing here?
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Rope making the hard way
Many threads being drawn into one
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hat moulds
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool waiting spinning
Starting a thread
A happy weaver
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making by hand
spinning by hand
Spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Silk being drawn into yarn
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaving in progress
A lot of wool to be spun
The sheep look neater!
The pattern is progressing
Intricate work
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