Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
wool spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Silk cocoons
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Inserting a coloured thread
Drawing silk into skeins
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Wool spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Making a felt hat
Inserting a thread
Rope making by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Hand spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool half spun
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Starting a thread
A historical loom?
Hat moulds
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Finished felt hats
Weaving
Concentration!
Spinning and winding wool
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool awaiting spinning
Knitting?
A wool carder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Pressing the felt
Felt working
Rope making
Spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning by hand
A happy weaver
The sheep look neater!
Felt slippers
A fiddly job
Silk larva and the cocoon
The pattern is progressing
Spinning
Silk cocoons
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Rope making by hand
Intricate work
Weaving tools in use
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning wool by hand
Knitting
Weaver at work
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
A silk moth.
Wool working or rope making?
Concentration on the job
Wool spinning
The pile is going down
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Drawing silk threads
A wintry scene
Many threads being drawn into one
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
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