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