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