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