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