Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Inserting a coloured thread
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Wool half spun
Keeping warm with the sheep
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Weaving
A wintry scene
A sheepskin collar and coat
Dressed for the weather.
A lot of wool to be spun
The sheep look neater!
Hand spinning
The raw material
Rope making
Spinning by hand
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Starting a thread
Teasing thread
wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
Felt working
Intricate work here.
spinning by hand
Hat moulds
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Silk cocoons
Close up of the spinning process
Wool spinning
Felt slippers
Felt hat making
Spinning
Felt slippers
Wool spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Wool waiting spinning
Gathering something, but what?
Balls of newly spun wool
A flock of sheep
Many threads being drawn into one
Spinning and winding wool
Rope making by hand
Spinning by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
Hand spinning
Unravelling the threads
Inserting a thread
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool working or rope making?
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