Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making the hard way
wool spinning
Weaver at work
Hand spinning
The pattern is progressing
Finished felt hats
Spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Soaking the silk cocoons
A proper sheepskin coat!
Unravelling the threads
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The sheep look neater!
Hat moulds
Yarns ready for weaving
A sheepskin collar and coat
A wool winder
Keeping warm with the sheep
A fiddly job
A wintry scene
Pressing the felt
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool half spun
Close up of the spinning process
Rope making
Wool spinning by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Starting a thread
Wool waiting spinning
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Rope making by hand
Weaving
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool working or rope making?
Felt hat making
A silk moth.
Weaving in progress
Spinning by hand
Weaving tools in use
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Rope making by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
Inserting a thread
Felt working
Concentration on the job
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk cocoons
Wool spinning
Weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Drawing the silk threads
Silk larva and the cocoon
Hat moulds
All keeping warm in the cold.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A happy weaver
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
Knitting
Spinning and winding wool
Wool spinning by hand
Intricate work
Unwinding the silk strands
Making a felt hat
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