Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Concentration on the job
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Wool waiting spinning
A flock of sheep
Weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning
Felt hat making
Finished felt hats
Weaving
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Many threads being drawn into one
A historical loom?
Hat moulds
A happy weaver
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Unwinding the silk strands
Intricate work
A sheepskin collar and coat
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Shaping the hat
spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning and winding wool
Weaving
Starting a thread
Weaver at work
Spinning by hand
The raw material
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hat moulds
Making a felt hat
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool half spun
Teasing thread
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving in progress
Rope making by hand
Spinning wool by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
Knitting
Weaving in progress
Silk larva and the cocoon
Spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Yarns ready for weaving
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
The pile is going down
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Rope making by hand
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Pressing the felt
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Rope making
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Unravelling the threads
Knitting?
A wool winder
Felt slippers
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool working or rope making?
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