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