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