Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A wool carder
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning
Starting a thread
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
wool spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making the hard way
A silk moth.
Spinning
Concentration!
Weaving tools in use
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning
Finished felt hats
Full length sheepskin coat
Silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
Inserting a coloured thread
Wool spinning by hand
A historical loom?
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool waiting spinning
spinning by hand
Weaver at work
A proper sheepskin coat!
Making a felt hat
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The raw material
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving
Knitting?
Unravelling the threads
Intricate work
Drawing silk threads
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Knitting
Teasing thread
Felt hat making
Wool spinning by hand
Felt working
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving
A happy weaver
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
A fiddly job
Spinning wool by hand
The sheep look neater!
Balls of newly spun wool
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hat moulds
Wool working or rope making?
Rope making
Felt slippers
Weaving
Hand spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Yarns ready for weaving
Silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Spinning
Pressing the felt
Competing for the woolliest coat.
A wintry scene
Concentration on the job
A flock of sheep
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving in progress
Spinning and winding wool
There is someone inside that!
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