Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Intricate work here.
Full length sheepskin coat
Silk being drawn into yarn
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Weaving
Finished felt hats
A lot of wool to be spun
The sheep look neater!
Wool spinning
Hat moulds
Hand spinning
Spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
The raw material
Rope making by hand
spinning by hand
Wool waiting spinning
Spinning
Silk cocoons
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool awaiting spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Shaping the hat
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
A sheepskin collar and coat
Soaking the silk cocoons
Inserting a thread
Felt working
Rope making by hand
Felt slippers
A wool carder
Concentration!
Drawing silk into skeins
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Weaving
Weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Hat moulds
Drawing the silk threads
Silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Weaving in progress
Starting a thread
Spinning wool by hand
A historical loom?
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Gathering something, but what?
Wool half spun
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
Teasing thread
Yarns ready for weaving
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool spinning by hand
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