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