Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
wool spinning
A silk moth.
Felt working
Felt hat making
The raw material
Many threads being drawn into one
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Weaving
Concentration on the job
Wool half spun
A historical loom?
Gathering something, but what?
Unravelling the threads
Finished felt hats
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Teasing thread
Spinning by hand
Yarns ready for weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
The sheep look neater!
Drawing the silk threads
Spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving tools in use
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Rope making the hard way
Inserting a coloured thread
Hat moulds
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Inserting a thread
Spinning and winding wool
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Shaping the hat
Weaver at work
Knitting
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Full length sheepskin coat
Rope making by hand
The pattern is progressing
spinning by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
Wool working or rope making?
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool spinning
Spinning
Silk cocoons
Silk larva and the cocoon
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