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