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