Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Wool spinning
Rope making
Silk cocoons
Spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Spinning and winding wool
A wool carder
Unwinding the silk strands
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
A wool winder
Shaping the hat
Spinning
Teasing thread
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool spinning
Spinning
The raw material
Weaving
Rope making the hard way
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Inserting a thread
Spinning by hand
Hat moulds
A fiddly job
Wool spinning
The sheep look neater!
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool spinning by hand
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Many threads being drawn into one
Drawing silk into skeins
Inserting a coloured thread
Intricate work here.
Concentration on the job
A wintry scene
Close up of the spinning process
Weaving tools in use
The pile is going down
Starting a thread
All keeping warm in the cold.
Felt hat making
Yarns ready for weaving
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Making a felt hat
Spinning wool by hand
Weaver at work
A historical loom?
Wool awaiting spinning
Felt slippers
spinning by hand
A happy weaver
wool spinning
A silk moth.
Rope making by hand
A flock of sheep
Knitting
The pattern is progressing
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Knitting?
Dressed for the weather.
Balls of newly spun wool
A sheepskin collar and coat
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool half spun
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns ready for weaving
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Weaving in progress
Drawing silk threads
Pressing the felt
Felt slippers
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