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