Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Concentration!
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Knitting?
Spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Full length sheepskin coat
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Rope making the hard way
Unravelling the threads
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning
Intricate work here.
Shaping the hat
Inserting a coloured thread
A historical loom?
Silk larva and the cocoon
Rope making by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Balls of newly spun wool
Drawing silk threads
Teasing a thread of some sort
The raw material
Spinning by hand
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Making a felt hat
Hat moulds
Rope making by hand
Spinning
A wool carder
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Drawing silk into skeins
Unwinding the silk strands
spinning by hand
Rope making
Soaking the silk cocoons
Pressing the felt
Keeping warm with the sheep
Starting a thread
Yarns ready for weaving
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Inserting a thread
Hat moulds
Concentration on the job
Finished felt hats
Many threads being drawn into one
A happy weaver
Knitting
The sheep look neater!
Weaving in progress
He looks warmer than the photographer.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Hand spinning
Teasing thread
Silk cocoons
A sheepskin collar and coat
A fiddly job
Wool half spun
Weaving
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