Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A fiddly job
Spinning wool by hand
Gathering something, but what?
A proper sheepskin coat!
Drawing the silk threads
Knitting?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Spinning
A historical loom?
Wool spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A lot of wool to be spun
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
Spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
A silk moth.
Rope making
wool spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Dressed for the weather.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Full length sheepskin coat
A wool winder
Hat moulds
Spinning by hand
Shaping the hat
A happy weaver
Rope making by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Weaver at work
Spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
A flock of sheep
Hand spinning
A wool carder
All keeping warm in the cold.
Inserting a thread
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning
Weaving
Knitting
Many threads being drawn into one
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Unravelling the threads
Wool working or rope making?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
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