Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
spinning by hand
Intricate work here.
The pile is going down
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving
The raw material
Teasing a thread of some sort
Weaving
Spinning
There is someone inside that!
A sheepskin collar and coat
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning
Wool spinning
Hat moulds
Silk cocoons
Spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing silk threads
Weaving in progress
Finished felt hats
A wool carder
Felt hat making
Spinning by hand
Wool awaiting spinning
Concentration!
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Silk cocoons
Dressed for the weather.
Gathering something, but what?
Wool waiting spinning
Teasing thread
Unravelling the threads
Knitting
Wool spinning
wool spinning
Hand spinning
The pattern is progressing
Full length sheepskin coat
Unwinding the silk strands
Rope making by hand
Knitting?
Wool spinning by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool working or rope making?
Weaver at work
Inserting a thread
Hat moulds
Rope making
Spinning and winding wool
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Balls of newly spun wool
Intricate work
Hand spinning
Weaving
Shaping the hat
Felt slippers
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Rope making by hand
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hand spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Drawing the silk threads
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Silk larva and the cocoon
A wintry scene
Felt working
The sheep look neater!
A wool winder
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
A historical loom?
Starting a thread
Inserting a coloured thread
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