Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Close up of the spinning process
Silk cocoons
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
The pattern is progressing
Drawing silk threads
The sheep look neater!
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Inserting a thread
Weaver at work
Weaving
Shaping the hat
Gathering something, but what?
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk cocoons
Wool half spun
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
A wool winder
Intricate work
Hand spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
There is someone inside that!
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool spinning
Weaving in progress
Finished felt hats
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Felt hat making
Felt working
Spinning by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Teasing a thread of some sort
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Wool spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Concentration!
Hat moulds
Intricate work here.
Spinning
A sheepskin collar and coat
Wool spinning by hand
Teasing thread
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Spinning
The raw material
Full length sheepskin coat
The pile is going down
Starting a thread
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
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