Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A historical loom?
A fiddly job
Hat moulds
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Pressing the felt
Gathering something, but what?
Hand spinning
Intricate work
Weaver at work
Unwinding the silk strands
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Weaving in progress
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Keeping warm with the sheep
Drawing silk threads
Spinning
Concentration on the job
Drawing silk into skeins
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Starting a thread
Felt hat making
A wool carder
Spinning
A wintry scene
There is someone inside that!
A lot of wool to be spun
Weaving
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Wool half spun
Soaking the silk cocoons
Inserting a coloured thread
Finished felt hats
A wool winder
Dressed for the weather.
Soaking the silk cocoons
A happy weaver
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Drawing the silk threads
Balls of newly spun wool
Teasing thread
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool working or rope making?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning
Concentration!
Hand spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A silk moth.
Wool spinning
Felt working
Unravelling the threads
Weaving
Spinning wool by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
Silk cocoons
Many threads being drawn into one
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