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