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