Forget the cow. Look at the rope walk in the background.
Weaver at work
Full length sheepskin coat
Felt working
The pile is going down
Wool working or rope making?
Wool awaiting spinning
The raw material
A fiddly job
Drawing silk threads
Yarns dyed ready for weaving
Hand spinning
Hand spinning with a loom behind ready to use the yarn.
Weaving
He looks warmer than the photographer.
Wool spinning
Wool waiting spinning
Concentration on the job
Wool spinning by hand
Silk cocoons
A sheepskin collar and coat
Finished felt hats
Wool spinning the traditional way.
Close up of the spinning process
Intricate work
There is someone inside that!
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