Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk being drawn into yarn
Weaving in progress
Hat moulds
Soaking the silk cocoons
Inserting a coloured thread
Many threads being drawn into one
A lot of wool to be spun
Intricate work here.
A wintry scene
Wool half spun
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Wool working or rope making?
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Felt working
Felt slippers
A silk moth.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Drawing silk into skeins
Weaving
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning by hand
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Wool spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Gathering something, but what?
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Spinning by hand
All keeping warm in the cold.
Rope making the hard way
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
Inserting a thread
Full length sheepskin coat
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Concentration on the job
A proper sheepskin coat!
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
A happy weaver
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving tools in use
A wool winder
There is someone inside that!
The pattern is progressing
Felt slippers
Wool waiting spinning
Knitting?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Wool spinning
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