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