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