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