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