Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Spinning and winding wool
A flock of sheep
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
A silk moth.
Hand spinning
A historical loom?
Balls of newly spun wool
Finished felt hats
Weaver at work
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Rope making by hand
Intricate work
Shaping the hat
Drawing silk threads
A wool carder
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Felt slippers
Wool working or rope making?
Soaking the silk cocoons
A wool winder
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
The pile is going down
Knitting?
Hat moulds
A proper sheepskin coat!
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Drawing the silk threads
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaving
Spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
Rope making
Spinning wool by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
Yarns ready for weaving
Starting a thread
Weaving
Silk cocoons
Spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Unwinding the silk strands
Making a felt hat
Rope making the hard way
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Inserting a thread
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning by hand
Close up of the spinning process
The pattern is progressing
Hat moulds
Wool half spun
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