Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Shaping the hat
Finished felt hats
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Inserting a thread
Weaving
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning wool by hand
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Silk being drawn into yarn
A happy weaver
Silk cocoons
Spinning by hand
Teasing thread
Wool half spun
Felt working
Weaving in progress
A fiddly job
Close up of the spinning process
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Balls of newly spun wool
Silk larva and the cocoon
A wool carder
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving tools in use
Hand spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Inserting a coloured thread
A sheepskin collar and coat
Unwinding the silk strands
Drawing the silk threads
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Felt slippers
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Felt hat making
Knitting?
wool spinning
Rope making by hand
A silk moth.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
A wool winder
Concentration!
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving
The pattern is progressing
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Hat moulds
Wool awaiting spinning
Spinning
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Rope making the hard way
Drawing silk threads
Concentration on the job
The raw material
Knitting
Wool working or rope making?
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Unravelling the threads
Dressed for the weather.
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaver at work
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool waiting spinning
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