Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A wintry scene
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Rope making the hard way
Drawing the silk threads
Hat moulds
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool spinning by hand
All keeping warm in the cold.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Rope making by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Wool awaiting spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Weaving
The sheep look neater!
There is a thread of some sort there.
Drawing silk into skeins
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Felt slippers
Concentration on the job
Wool spinning
Spinning by hand
Weaver at work
Wool half spun
Felt working
Spinning and winding wool
Knitting
Rope making by hand
Rope making
Intricate work
Weaving in progress
Finished felt hats
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving in progress
Weaving tools in use
Wool waiting spinning
Hand spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A lot of wool to be spun
A historical loom?
Silk cocoons
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning by hand
Intricate work here.
wool spinning
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
The raw material
A happy weaver
Wool spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
The pile is going down
Hand spinning
Weaving
Balls of newly spun wool
Concentration!
Teasing thread
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Dressed for the weather.
A wool carder
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Unravelling the threads
Felt hat making
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Hand spinning
A flock of sheep
There was a rope walk in the background here.
A fiddly job
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
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