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