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