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