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