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