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