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