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