Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Hand spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Wool spinning by hand
Intricate work
Many threads being drawn into one
A wintry scene
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool half spun
Spinning by hand
Felt slippers
All keeping warm in the cold.
A wool carder
The sheep look neater!
Weaving
The raw material
Weaver at work
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Concentration on the job
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A fiddly job
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Rope making by hand
Unravelling the threads
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The pattern is progressing
Drawing the silk threads
Felt slippers
Teasing thread
Wool awaiting spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Rope making by hand
Silk cocoons
Spinning
Weaving
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Spinning wool by hand
Silk cocoons
Knitting
Starting a thread
Balls of newly spun wool
Wool spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Weaving tools in use
A historical loom?
Intricate work here.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A proper sheepskin coat!
Knitting?
Drawing silk threads
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Rope making
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Inserting a thread
Wool waiting spinning
Wool spinning
wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Drawing silk into skeins
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