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