Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Knitting?
Weaving
Wool spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Hat moulds
A lot of wool to be spun
Silk cocoons
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning
Drawing silk threads
The raw material
Hat moulds
Concentration on the job
Weaving
Hand spinning
Rope making by hand
Felt slippers
Finished felt hats
A fiddly job
Weaving in progress
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
The sheep look neater!
A sheepskin collar and coat
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Unravelling the threads
wool spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Knitting
Making a felt hat
Spinning
Intricate work
A historical loom?
Silk cocoons
There is someone inside that!
Wool spinning by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Yarns ready for weaving
A wintry scene
Hand spinning
A silk moth.
Rope making
Wool working or rope making?
Concentration!
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
Inserting a thread
Spinning
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving in progress
All keeping warm in the cold.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Intricate work here.
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
A happy weaver
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt working
A proper sheepskin coat!
Pressing the felt
Weaver at work
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning
Rope making the hard way
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A wool winder
Soaking the silk cocoons
Drawing silk into skeins
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