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