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