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