Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
A silk moth.
Weaver at work
Dressed for the weather.
Rope making
Weaving
Knitting?
Starting a thread
Finished felt hats
Hat moulds
Unravelling the threads
Spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Felt slippers
Rope making by hand
Spinning and winding wool
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning
Rope making by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning by hand
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Spinning
Weaving tools in use
Silk cocoons
The pattern is progressing
Inserting a coloured thread
The pile is going down
Concentration on the job
Wool spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Weaving
Silk cocoons
Drawing silk threads
Many threads being drawn into one
Gathering something, but what?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A historical loom?
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning
A wool carder
spinning by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hat moulds
There is someone inside that!
Weaving in progress
Yarns ready for weaving
Making a felt hat
Wool spinning by hand
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Hand spinning
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
Any ideas what he is doing here?
wool spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Hand spinning
Weaving in progress
Knitting
Spinning wool by hand
Felt hat making
A wool winder
Silk larva and the cocoon
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning
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