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