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