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