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