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