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