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