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