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