Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Drawing the silk threads
Silk larva and the cocoon
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Wool half spun
Wool spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Intricate work here.
Drawing silk threads
Teasing thread
Hat moulds
Knitting
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Spinning wool by hand
Concentration!
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt slippers
Felt working
The sheep look neater!
Silk cocoons
A sheepskin collar and coat
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Weaver at work
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
A happy weaver
Hand spinning
Intricate work
Unravelling the threads
Yarns ready for weaving
Drawing silk into skeins
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving
Starting a thread
The raw material
Spinning by hand
wool spinning
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Weaving in progress
A silk moth.
Silk cocoons
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
A lot of wool to be spun
The pile is going down
Wool spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
Wool working or rope making?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Full length sheepskin coat
Inserting a coloured thread
Knitting?
Balls of newly spun wool
Weaving tools in use
Hand spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Weaving
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