Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Hand spinning
Felt working
Drawing the silk threads
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pile is going down
Starting a thread
Wool working or rope making?
Inserting a coloured thread
Making a felt hat
Inserting a thread
A historical loom?
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
The pattern is progressing
Rope making
Unravelling the threads
Concentration!
Wool spinning
A fiddly job
Weaving
Spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Finished felt hats
Silk larva and the cocoon
Shaping the hat
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Balls of newly spun wool
A sheepskin collar and coat
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving
Pressing the felt
A flock of sheep
Wool spinning
There is someone inside that!
Felt slippers
Spinning by hand
Drawing silk into skeins
Wool half spun
Felt slippers
Wool spinning
Knitting
It looks a mess whatever it is.
All keeping warm in the cold.
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
A lot of wool to be spun
Keeping warm with the sheep
A silk moth.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Unwinding the silk strands
Weaver at work
Intricate work here.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Rope making by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Weaving
Rope making by hand
Spinning wool by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Many threads being drawn into one
Close up of the spinning process
Silk cocoons
Felt hat making
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
wool spinning
Weaving in progress
Intricate work
Hand spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Spinning
Spinning and winding wool
Silk cocoons
Teasing thread
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