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