Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Spinning
Finished felt hats
A wool carder
Making a felt hat
Wool half spun
A silk moth.
Drawing the silk threads
Spinning
A happy weaver
A proper sheepskin coat!
Unwinding the silk strands
Wool waiting spinning
Concentration!
Pressing the felt
Spinning
Spinning by hand
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Wool spinning by hand
The pattern is progressing
Silk cocoons
wool spinning
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Soaking the silk cocoons
Keeping warm with the sheep
Balls of newly spun wool
Rope making the hard way
Close up of the spinning process
Spinning by hand
Spinning
A lot of wool to be spun
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
The pile is going down
Yarns ready for weaving
A wool winder
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving
Many threads being drawn into one
A wintry scene
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
There is someone inside that!
Rope making by hand
Hat moulds
Gathering something, but what?
Spinning wool by hand
Full length sheepskin coat
Inserting a thread
Wool working or rope making?
Felt slippers
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Intricate work
Silk cocoons
spinning by hand
The sheep look neater!
Weaver at work
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Rope making
Drawing silk threads
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Teasing thread
Silk larva and the cocoon
Knitting?
Felt hat making
Unravelling the threads
Shaping the hat
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Silk being drawn into yarn
The raw material
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Intricate work here.
Weaving
Hat moulds
Wool awaiting spinning
Concentration on the job
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Weaving tools in use
Weaving
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
A flock of sheep
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning
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