Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Teasing thread
There is someone inside that!
A historical loom?
Spinning and winding wool
Inserting a coloured thread
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool waiting spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
A wool carder
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Knitting
Drawing the silk threads
Wool awaiting spinning
Rope making by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Knitting?
Unwinding the silk strands
Felt slippers
Weaving
A flock of sheep
The pattern is progressing
Drawing silk into skeins
wool spinning
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Soaking the silk cocoons
Keeping warm with the sheep
Wool spinning
Weaver at work
Hand spinning
The raw material
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Making a felt hat
Drawing silk threads
Competing for the woolliest coat.
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Spinning
It looks a mess whatever it is.
Felt slippers
Silk larva and the cocoon
Hand spinning
A wool winder
Felt working
Balls of newly spun wool
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool half spun
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
A sheepskin collar and coat
Many threads being drawn into one
A lot of wool to be spun
Hand spinning
A proper sheepskin coat!
Spinning wool by hand
Close up of the spinning process
There is a thread of some sort there.
Weaving
Wool spinning by hand
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