Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A fiddly job
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool spinning
Hat moulds
Wool spinning by hand
Spinning by hand
Unravelling the threads
The pattern is progressing
Spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
The pile is going down
Spinning by hand
A sheepskin collar and coat
Full length sheepskin coat
All keeping warm in the cold.
There is someone inside that!
A flock of sheep
Wool spinning
Weaving in progress
Rope making by hand
Spinning
Felt hat making
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Hand spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Concentration on the job
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Unwinding the silk strands
Weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Shaping the hat
Soaking the silk cocoons
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaving
Inserting a thread
Intricate work
A lot of wool to be spun
Felt slippers
Intricate work here.
Weaving tools in use
Drawing the silk threads
Silk larva and the cocoon
Concentration!
Knitting
Spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Keeping warm with the sheep
Weaving in progress
Spinning
Wool spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning
Weaver at work
A wintry scene
Dressed for the weather.
Making a felt hat
Finished felt hats
spinning by hand
A historical loom?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning and winding wool
Close up of the spinning process
Drawing silk threads
Pressing the felt
Rope making
The raw material
A wool winder
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Teasing thread
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning
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