Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Spinning wool by hand
wool spinning
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Felt slippers
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
A historical loom?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
There is someone inside that!
Weaving in progress
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning by hand
Concentration on the job
A silk moth.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Many threads being drawn into one
Gathering something, but what?
Weaver at work
Spinning by hand
Drawing the silk threads
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Weaving
Spinning and winding wool
Teasing thread
Spinning
Hand spinning
A flock of sheep
Concentration!
Making a felt hat
Rope making
Wool awaiting spinning
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Knitting
Drawing silk threads
Weaving in progress
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Inserting a coloured thread
Hand spinning
Weaving tools in use
Felt working
There is a thread of some sort there.
A happy weaver
Spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
A wintry scene
Yarns ready for weaving
Felt slippers
Hat moulds
Felt hat making
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Dressed for the weather.
Shaping the hat
Wool spinning
The pattern is progressing
Wool working or rope making?
Drawing silk into skeins
Intricate work here.
A wool winder
Soaking the silk cocoons
The pile is going down
All keeping warm in the cold.
Unravelling the threads
Wool spinning
Pressing the felt
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Wool spinning by hand
Rope making by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Hand spinning
The raw material
Wool waiting spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Hand spinning
Any ideas what he is doing here?
A lot of wool to be spun
Rope making by hand
Silk larva and the cocoon
Spinning
Weaving
Wool half spun
Inserting a thread
A sheepskin collar and coat
Competing for the woolliest coat.
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