Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making the hard way
spinning by hand
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Weaving in progress
A happy weaver
Rope making
Weaver at work
Hand spinning
Hat moulds
Soaking the silk cocoons
All keeping warm in the cold.
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Starting a thread
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Silk cocoons
A wool carder
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Rope making by hand
Spinning wool by hand
Felt slippers
Finished felt hats
Felt hat making
Silk larva and the cocoon
A silk moth.
The raw material
Spinning
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Wool half spun
A wool winder
Spinning by hand
Making a felt hat
Hat moulds
Inserting a coloured thread
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Spinning
Dressed for the weather.
There is someone inside that!
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Keeping warm with the sheep
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