Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Shaping the hat
Inserting a thread
Weaving
Silk being drawn into yarn
The pile is going down
A flock of sheep
Silk cocoons
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Close up of the spinning process
Wool spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool half spun
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Knitting
Keeping warm with the sheep
Unravelling the threads
spinning by hand
wool spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Felt hat making
Full length sheepskin coat
Weaving
Hat moulds
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool spinning by hand
A wintry scene
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Spinning by hand
Gathering something, but what?
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Making a felt hat
A wool carder
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
Spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Spinning and winding wool
Concentration on the job
Hat moulds
Weaving tools in use
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Rope making by hand
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Felt slippers
Wool spinning by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
Spinning
A fiddly job
Unwinding the silk strands
A wool winder
Weaving in progress
A sheepskin collar and coat
Rope making the hard way
Drawing the silk threads
Knitting?
Concentration!
Rope making
Hand spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
A historical loom?
Weaving
Many threads being drawn into one
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool working or rope making?
Wool waiting spinning
Wool spinning
Spinning wool by hand
The raw material
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