Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt hat making
Starting a thread
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning
The pattern is progressing
Hat moulds
spinning by hand
Inserting a thread
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Yarns ready for weaving
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Many threads being drawn into one
Shaping the hat
Teasing a thread of some sort
A silk moth.
The raw material
Hand spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A lot of wool to be spun
Drawing the silk threads
Felt slippers
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaver at work
Full length sheepskin coat
Felt working
Spinning
The pile is going down
Weaving in progress
A wintry scene
A wool carder
Felt slippers
Silk larva and the cocoon
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Inserting a coloured thread
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving tools in use
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Unravelling the threads
Spinning by hand
Spinning and winding wool
A wool winder
Unwinding the silk strands
Rope making the hard way
Spinning by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A happy weaver
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Knitting?
Competing for the woolliest coat.
There is someone inside that!
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Rope making by hand
Spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Concentration on the job
Wool spinning by hand
Intricate work
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