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