Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool half spun
Teasing a thread of some sort
The raw material
Hand spinning
Knitting?
Wool spinning
Intricate work here.
Spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Hand spinning
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Shaping the hat
Hand spinning
Felt slippers
Hand spinning
Spinning by hand
A lot of wool to be spun
Intricate work
Silk larva and the cocoon
Wool spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A silk moth.
Rope making
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Weaving
Felt working
Finished felt hats
Hat moulds
A wintry scene
Silk cocoons
A flock of sheep
Weaver at work
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Silk cocoons
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Keeping warm with the sheep
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Spinning
Knitting
spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Yarns ready for weaving
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaving
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