Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Making a felt hat
Full length sheepskin coat
Wool spinning the traditional way.
spinning by hand
Silk larva and the cocoon
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Rope making the hard way
Rope making by hand
Balls of newly spun wool
Spinning by hand
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning
A wool winder
Rope making
Weaving
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Silk being drawn into yarn
Hand spinning
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving tools in use
Many threads being drawn into one
Starting a thread
Yarns ready for weaving
A fiddly job
Felt hat making
Intricate work
Soaking the silk cocoons
Shaping the hat
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Rope making by hand
There is a thread of some sort there.
Teasing a thread of some sort
Gathering something, but what?
Knitting
Wool spinning
Hand spinning
Intricate work here.
Weaving in progress
Felt slippers
Wool half spun
Silk cocoons
Knitting?
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
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