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