Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaving in progress
Concentration!
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Starting a thread
The pattern is progressing
A flock of sheep
Wool half spun
Yarns ready for weaving
Close up of the spinning process
Wool working or rope making?
A proper sheepskin coat!
Rope making by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Teasing thread
Silk larva and the cocoon
Soaking the silk cocoons
spinning by hand
Many threads being drawn into one
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool waiting spinning
Felt hat making
Weaving
Rope making the hard way
Rope making
A lot of wool to be spun
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Unravelling the threads
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning by hand
There is someone inside that!
Knitting?
Spinning by hand
Silk cocoons
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Finished felt hats
A wool carder
Teasing a thread of some sort
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving in progress
Hand spinning
A wool winder
A happy weaver
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