Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Hand spinning
Spinning
Felt slippers
A wintry scene
There is someone inside that!
Hand spinning
Rope making
A flock of sheep
Weaving
Concentration!
Gathering something, but what?
Close up of the spinning process
Inserting a thread
Concentration on the job
Rope making by hand
Felt working
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving
Teasing thread
The raw material
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Drawing silk threads
Keeping warm with the sheep
Hand spinning
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Many threads being drawn into one
Pressing the felt
Drawing the silk threads
Felt hat making
Knitting?
Weaving in progress
A sheepskin collar and coat
Spinning by hand
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