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