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