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