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