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