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