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