Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Balls of newly spun wool
Teasing a thread of some sort
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Inserting a thread
Knitting?
A lot of wool to be spun
Intricate work
Wool spinning
Pressing the felt
Drawing the silk threads
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning and winding wool
Spinning by hand
Spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Many threads being drawn into one
Felt working
Teasing thread
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Rope making by hand
A wintry scene
Weaving tools in use
Wool half spun
Finished felt hats
Wool spinning
Hat moulds
Close up of the spinning process
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Felt hat making
Unravelling the threads
The pile is going down
The pattern is progressing
Wool spinning by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool working or rope making?
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
All keeping warm in the cold.
Drawing silk into skeins
Spinning
A historical loom?
Starting a thread
A sheepskin collar and coat
Weaving
spinning by hand
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Yarns ready for weaving
Soaking the silk cocoons
Shaping the hat
Weaving in progress
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Weaving
Spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool spinning by hand
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning
wool spinning
Concentration on the job
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Silk larva and the cocoon
A flock of sheep
There is someone inside that!
Spinning wool by hand
Keeping warm with the sheep
Rope making the hard way
Weaving in progress
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