Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Spinning by hand
Silk cocoons
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving
Wool awaiting spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Drawing the silk threads
Felt slippers
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Weaving tools in use
Full length sheepskin coat
Concentration on the job
Spinning
A wool winder
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A happy weaver
Yarns ready for weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Pressing the felt
The pile is going down
Soaking the silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
A flock of sheep
Hand spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
The raw material
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning
A fiddly job
Finished felt hats
Shaping the hat
Felt working
Wool waiting spinning
Weaving
Weaving in progress
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Inserting a coloured thread
Wool spinning by hand
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