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