Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A wool winder
Hand spinning
Unravelling the threads
Hand spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
The pattern is progressing
Felt slippers
Felt slippers
Weaving
Pressing the felt
Felt hat making
Weaving
Inserting a thread
Wool half spun
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning and winding wool
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Weaver at work
Gathering something, but what?
A silk moth.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
A happy weaver
Spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Balls of newly spun wool
wool spinning
Weaving
A lot of wool to be spun
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
A wool carder
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Making a felt hat
Felt working
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
All keeping warm in the cold.
A flock of sheep
Silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
There is a thread of some sort there.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
A fiddly job
Keeping warm with the sheep
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