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