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