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