Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Rope making by hand
Making a felt hat
Hand spinning
A fiddly job
Wool spinning by hand
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Intricate work
Knitting
Gathering something, but what?
Hat moulds
A happy weaver
Weaver at work
A family business. Not many tools in evidence.
Hand spinning
Hand spinning
Weaving
Weaving in progress
Wool spinning by hand
Weaving in progress
Drawing silk threads
Rope making
Not the neatest but definitely the warmest.
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Wool half spun
Very intricate wheels. What are they for?
The pile is going down
Spinning and winding wool
Silk cocoons
Hat moulds
A flock of sheep
Wool awaiting spinning
There is a thread of some sort there.
Silk larva and the cocoon
Raw wool waiting to be spun.
He looks warmer than the photographer.
A silk moth.
Starting a thread
Inserting a thread
A wool winder
Wool waiting spinning
Full length sheepskin coat
Finished felt hats
Hand spinning
Yarns ready for weaving
Yarns ready for weaving
The raw material
Hand spinning
Wool spinning
A wintry scene
Pressing the felt
Unwinding the silk strands
All keeping warm in the cold.
There was a rope walk in the background here.
spinning by hand
Spinning by hand
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Drawing silk into skeins
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