Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Spinning by hand
Drawing silk threads
A wintry scene
Wool spinning by hand
Felt slippers
Pressing the felt
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Weaving tools in use
Weaving in progress
Unravelling the threads
A fiddly job
Close up of the spinning process
Wool working or rope making?
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving in progress
Spinning wool by hand
Dressed for the weather.
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Gathering something, but what?
Weaving
Full length sheepskin coat
A historical loom?
Silk cocoons
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
wool spinning
Rope making by hand
The raw material
Many threads being drawn into one
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A wool carder
Drawing silk into skeins
Intricate work here.
Hand spinning
Making a felt hat
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
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