Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Knitting
Intricate work here.
The pile is going down
Wool spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
Wool working or rope making?
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning
Spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Spinning
Starting a thread
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Dressed for the weather.
A wool carder
Drawing the silk threads
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning by hand
The pattern is progressing
Teasing thread
Inserting a coloured thread
Unravelling the threads
Silk cocoons
Felt working
Close up of the spinning process
Felt slippers
Wool spinning
A wool winder
Rope making by hand
Felt slippers
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Weaving
It looks a mess whatever it is.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Knitting?
Soaking the silk cocoons
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving
Wool spinning
Intricate work
Inserting a thread
Felt hat making
Finished felt hats
Full length sheepskin coat
Teasing a thread of some sort
Spinning by hand
Concentration!
Hat moulds
Silk larva and the cocoon
Keeping warm with the sheep
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning and winding wool
Spinning by hand
Many threads being drawn into one
Weaver at work
Yarns ready for weaving
Pressing the felt
Making a felt hat
Wool waiting spinning
Rope making by hand
A historical loom?
Rope making
Hand spinning
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
There is someone inside that!
A flock of sheep
Hand spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Gathering something, but what?
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