Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Finished felt hats
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The pile is going down
Unravelling the threads
Spinning by hand
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving
Teasing thread
Wool spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Full length sheepskin coat
Hat moulds
Hat moulds
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Wool working or rope making?
Silk cocoons
Spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving in progress
Wool half spun
Shaping the hat
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
The pattern is progressing
A proper sheepskin coat!
Hand spinning
A historical loom?
Unwinding the silk strands
Soaking the silk cocoons
Keeping warm with the sheep
Drawing silk into skeins
A lot of wool to be spun
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Inserting a thread
Concentration on the job
A happy weaver
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Intricate work
Knitting?
Rope making the hard way
Concentration!
Gathering something, but what?
Inserting a coloured thread
Felt working
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
The sheep look neater!
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Close up of the spinning process
Balls of newly spun wool
A wintry scene
Weaving tools in use
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving in progress
Rope making by hand
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
There is someone inside that!
A wool winder
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Spinning wool by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
Knitting
Drawing silk threads
Hand spinning
Many threads being drawn into one
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
spinning by hand
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