Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Wool spinning by hand
Teasing a thread of some sort
There was a rope walk in the background here.
Rope making
Intricate work
A wool carder
Felt working
Silk cocoons
Rope making by hand
Intricate work here.
Weaver at work
Felt slippers
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
Finished felt hats
Spinning by hand
Unwinding the silk strands
The pile is going down
A sheepskin collar and coat
Pressing the felt
Felt hat making
Inserting a thread
Silk being drawn into yarn
Concentration!
Drawing the silk threads
Weaving in progress
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning and winding wool
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Dressed for the weather.
Wool spinning by hand
Gathering something, but what?
Felt slippers
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Competing for the woolliest coat.
Knitting?
A proper sheepskin coat!
Weaving
wool spinning
Silk cocoons
Weaving in progress
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
Wool spinning
Balls of newly spun wool
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
A flock of sheep
Hat moulds
Weaving
Spinning by hand
Hat moulds
Wool spinning the traditional way.
A wool winder
Keeping warm with the sheep
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Many threads being drawn into one
The raw material
Wool working or rope making?
Soaking the silk cocoons
Shaping the hat
Any ideas what he is doing here?
Hand spinning
The face of a man who knows how to keep warm.
Wool spinning
Close up of the spinning process
Starting a thread
Not sure who has the warmer coat.
Weaving or wool spinning, that is the question?
Rope making by hand
Hand spinning
The pattern is progressing
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Hand spinning
Drawing silk into skeins
Teasing thread
Wool waiting spinning
A silk moth.
Yarns ready for weaving
Spinning
All keeping warm in the cold.
Spinning wool by hand
Soaking the silk cocoons
Wool half spun
Rope making the hard way
Wool spinning
Spinning
Spinning
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