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