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