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