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