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