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