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