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