Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Hand spinning
Drawing silk threads
Silk being drawn into yarn
The pile is going down
A fiddly job
A wool carder
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Concentration!
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
wool spinning
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Yarns ready for weaving
Inserting a thread
Wool spinning by hand
Close up of the spinning process
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Teasing thread
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A happy weaver
Weaving tools in use
Yarns ready for weaving
A proper sheepskin coat!
Rope making the hard way
The raw material
Weaving
Many threads being drawn into one
A wintry scene
Wool waiting spinning
A wool winder
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A flock of sheep
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Shaping the hat
Rope making by hand
Concentration on the job
Silk larva and the cocoon
Felt working
Wool working or rope making?
Wool spinning
Making a felt hat
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