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