Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt slippers
Shaping the hat
spinning by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Teasing a thread of some sort
A proper sheepskin coat!
A happy weaver
Weaving
Wool spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Hand spinning
Rope making
Spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Dressed for the weather.
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing the silk threads
There is someone inside that!
Full length sheepskin coat
Inserting a thread
Intricate work here.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning wool by hand
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Weaving
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Felt hat making
Unravelling the threads
Unwinding the silk strands
Starting a thread
Wool working or rope making?
Drawing silk into skeins
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
The raw material
A sheepskin collar and coat
Felt working
Silk cocoons
Wool awaiting spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Knitting?
Gathering something, but what?
Balls of newly spun wool
A wool winder
wool spinning
Weaving in progress
Intricate work
Silk larva and the cocoon
The sheep look neater!
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Wool spinning
Concentration on the job
Spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Pressing the felt
Felt slippers
A wintry scene
Weaving in progress
Keeping warm with the sheep
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