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