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