Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Weaver at work
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving
Felt slippers
Many threads being drawn into one
Making a felt hat
Starting a thread
Intricate work here.
Close up of the spinning process
A sheepskin collar and coat
Spinning by hand
Felt slippers
Knitting
The sheep look neater!
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Felt hat making
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Concentration on the job
A lot of wool to be spun
Keeping warm with the sheep
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Hand spinning
Shaping the hat
Rope making by hand
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Unravelling the threads
All keeping warm in the cold.
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk cocoons
Wool half spun
Teasing a thread of some sort
A wintry scene
Wool awaiting spinning
Weaving tools in use
Inserting a thread
Spinning and winding wool
A happy weaver
Knitting?
Wool spinning
A silk moth.
Hand spinning
Finished felt hats
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Weaving in progress
Silk cocoons
Teasing thread
There was a rope walk in the background here.
The pile is going down
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
The pattern is progressing
Spinning by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Intricate work
Spinning
Concentration!
Wool spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Wool working or rope making?
A historical loom?
Weaving
Weaving in progress
A proper sheepskin coat!
Silk being drawn into yarn
Drawing silk threads
There is someone inside that!
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