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