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