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