Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Rope making by hand
Teasing thread
All keeping warm in the cold.
Inserting a thread
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
There is someone inside that!
The raw material
Yarns ready for weaving
Making a felt hat
Felt hat making
Wool working or rope making?
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Hat moulds
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Drawing the silk threads
Hand spinning
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool waiting spinning
A historical loom?
A lot of wool to be spun
Felt working
Knitting?
Felt slippers
Weaving in progress
Gathering something, but what?
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Finished felt hats
Wool spinning by hand
wool spinning
Weaving tools in use
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Weaver at work
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Silk cocoons
A wintry scene
There is a thread of some sort there.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Weaving
Hat moulds
Wool spinning by hand
Starting a thread
Wool spinning
Spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Unravelling the threads
Weaving
Knitting
Drawing silk threads
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Spinning by hand
A wool winder
Wool spinning the traditional way.
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