Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
The pattern is progressing
Unravelling the threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Rope making by hand
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Spinning by hand
Spinning by hand
A happy weaver
Silk cocoons
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaving tools in use
Teasing thread
Spinning
Wool spinning
The pile is going down
Weaving in progress
A wool carder
Intricate work here.
Drawing silk into skeins
Yarns ready for weaving
Hat moulds
Concentration!
A proper sheepskin coat!
Wool waiting spinning
Pressing the felt
Inserting a thread
Felt hat making
Inserting a coloured thread
Wool spinning
Shaping the hat
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Rope making
Weaving
Wool spinning
Drawing silk threads
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Soaking the silk cocoons
A fiddly job
Drawing the silk threads
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Spinning
Starting a thread
Wool working or rope making?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A historical loom?
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaver at work
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning
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