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