Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Felt hat making
Starting a thread
Weaving
Hat moulds
A wintry scene
Wool spinning
There is someone inside that!
Wool spinning by hand
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
wool spinning
Pressing the felt
The raw material
Silk larva and the cocoon
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Felt slippers
Full length sheepskin coat
All keeping warm in the cold.
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hat moulds
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