Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Hand spinning
Silk cocoons
A proper sheepskin coat!
Drawing the silk threads
A lot of wool to be spun
Soaking the silk cocoons
A historical loom?
Keeping warm with the sheep
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaver at work
A happy weaver
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning
Felt slippers
Dressed for the weather.
The pattern is progressing
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Felt working
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Yarns ready for weaving
Competing for the woolliest coat.
A sheepskin collar and coat
A fiddly job
Weaving in progress
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning
Teasing a thread of some sort
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning by hand
A silk moth.
Rope making
Silk cocoons
Finished felt hats
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving
Wool spinning
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