Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk being drawn into yarn
The sheep look neater!
Dressed for the weather.
The pile is going down
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
spinning by hand
A flock of sheep
Inserting a coloured thread
A sheepskin collar and coat
A happy weaver
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making by hand
The pattern is progressing
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Gathering something, but what?
A fiddly job
Weaving
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Drawing silk into skeins
Drawing silk threads
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool working or rope making?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Felt slippers
Felt working
Wool spinning
Rope making by hand
Pressing the felt
Silk cocoons
Spinning by hand
Unravelling the threads
Intricate work
Wool spinning the traditional way.
The raw material
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Intricate work here.
Drawing the silk threads
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Close up of the spinning process
Unwinding the silk strands
A silk moth.
Hat moulds
Spinning
Starting a thread
Wool half spun
Spinning
Weaving in progress
Rope making
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
Weaver at work
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Finished felt hats
Concentration on the job
Teasing thread
Felt slippers
A wool carder
Weaving
Inserting a thread
Weaving
Hand spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Keeping warm with the sheep
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaving in progress
Concentration!
A wool winder
Making a felt hat
A historical loom?
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