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