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