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