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